Several Sierra Nevada passes and other high-elevation roads were closed for the winter as of 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16. An announcement by the California Department of Transportation noted these ...

But Google Maps doesn’t. When Interstate 80 closed, Google Maps offered up Quincy-La Porte Road as an alternate route. Hundreds of drivers tried that route.

High in the Sierra Nevada, perched at 11,423-foot Piute Pass, the map maker scanned across the landscape that he cherishes. Below were Desolation Lakes, sprinkled in a cirque at the western foot ...

In some places, the Sierra Nevada is made up of smaller mountain ranges that splinter off the main crest, like long fingers pointing toward the sagebrush-studded deserts of the Great Basin.

More than a week after two bodies were found at separate Sierra Nevada sites, one of the deceased is still unidentified. The map above shows the approximate locations of the discoveries. 1/ Jan ...

Sierra Nevada Adventure Guide Redefines Outdoor Literature True Nature: Hidden in the High Sierra, the groundbreaking new adventure memoir from bestselling and award-winning thriller author Lisa ...

HERNANDEZ: The researchers made maps showing exactly where these Sierra Nevada zombie forests are, and Hill hopes that'll help put climate change into perspective for viewers.

The drought has killed an estimated 100 million trees in California since 2010. But it’s been uneven – some areas have been decimated, while others are unscathed. A new study tries to answer ...