Sierra Nevada

Booking your entry at the popular national park had been a must-do over the last few summers, but the park will forgo the recent requirement in the coming year.

Calmer weather in Northern California helped firefighters battle a wildfire threatening thousands of mountain homes Monday in the Sierra Nevada.

Firefighters are battling a blaze in central California which has already burned nearly 17,000 acres and was only 10% contained as of Monday morning.

The snow has been fully cleared from Tioga Road, the highest of the range’s passes.

“Peak-hours reservations” for the national park’s busiest season will be available soon; get the details now.

Sequoia National Park has fully reopened the Giant Forest area that was threatened by a huge wildfire last year

Travel through the Sierra Nevada overnight Friday was disrupted by a massive boulder that fell onto U.S. Highway 50 at Echo Summit.

A 500-pound bear is responsible for more than 150 calls to Tahoe police and wildlife over the past several months.

December has been a month for the record books when it comes to Sierra snowfall.

A 70-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in the Sierra was closed Saturday when a powerful storm that dropped nearly 2 feet of snow on some ski resorts around Lake Tahoe overnight got its second wind.

The Sierra Nevada snowpack, a major source of water for California, could largely disappear in 25 years if global warming continues unchecked, according to a recent study

Another California ski resort has moved up its opening day thanks to this week’s huge dump of snow in the Sierra Nevada.

A search team on Tuesday rescued a Palo Alto woman who survived two days in the snowy Sierra Nevada mountains after becoming separated from her hiking group, officials said.