On Tuesday, Caltrans stopped Interstate 80 traffic at Alta in Placer County for eastbound vehicles and at Truckee for westbound travelers, after “multiple spinouts over Donner Summit,” the agency said ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

Although Tuesday fell just short of a third year in a row above 100%, together the past three years represent most bountiful three-year period for the Sierra snowpack in 25 years. The last time there ...

The winter of 2025 hasn’t measured up to 2024 and is far short of the records set in 2023. Despite that, the Eastern Sierra, Northern Nevada and Northern California are […] ...

Located between Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake—perched at a dizzying 3,812 meters above sea level. Sacred to the Incas and still home to indigenous communities ...

Water officials have raised concerns about anticipated water levels in Southern Nevada this summer, following a disappointing ...

Those storms lifted water levels at lakes and reservoirs across California while shoring up the Sierra Nevada snowpack. A ski patroller at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort stands on a snow plow pushing ...

Water officials have raised concerns about anticipated water levels in Southern Nevada this summer, following a disappointing ...

Winter is over, but to the delight of skiers and snowboarders, snow is still falling over the Sierra Nevada mountains this spring.

Sierra Nevada snowpack supplies about a third of the ... a few miles south of Lake Tahoe. The average snow depth was 39.5 inches, with a water content of 17 inches — numbers representing 70% ...

Want to escape the crowds of Yosemite this summer? One campground just outside the park offers uncrowded serenity on the ...

Winter storms in the Sierra Nevada in March have increased the snowpack to 90% of normal, a good sign for California’s water ...