Big Bear Mountain Resort surprised bike enthusiasts with an announcement to open its mountain bike park early as the ski ...

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

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

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

Valley temperatures will stay in the 70s Wednesday afternoon. By Friday, some areas may not make it out of the 60s.

Governor Jerry Brown’s hiking boots were dry as he stood in a grassy meadow 6,800 feet high in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. He should have been buried up to his eyeballs in snow at ...

A spring snowstorm that moved into Colorado on Friday dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of the state's high country, ...

Explore Bettmeralp, a secret alpine village nestled high above the Rhone Valley and famed for its postcard-perfect winter scenery. Surrounded by the awe-inspiring peaks of the Valais—Weisshorn, Dom, ...

It's not just Niagara Falls. Many states in the US have impressive waterfalls. Some require a hike, but others are easy to ...

Though once thought to be siphonophores — colonies of specialized zooids — the velella velella is now classified as a single ...

Several Tahoe ski resorts will close after this weekend. Here's what kind of weather skiers and snowboarders can expect on the slopes.