Lake Tahoe isn't the only outrageously beautiful alpine lake in the High Sierras — in fact, there are thousands of them, and ...

Starting Friday morning, all roads leading to Mono County will be open to the Eastern Sierra – and thus, to the many lakes and streams in the mountains. Tioga Pass will officially reopen 9 a.m. Friday ...

California is among the states with the most mountain ranges. But, of the 300-plus individual ranges listed in the territory by the United States Geological Survey, there's one that really stands out ...

Just after dawn on Oct. 3, I pointed my car up a long, steep hill outside Bishop, in Inyo County, and climbed through the high desert scrub toward the towering peaks of the Eastern Sierra. For about ...

"Sierra" means "saw-toothed mountain range" and "Nevada" means "snow-covered." But the name "Sierra Nevada" is often mangled.