The DEC is urging backcountry hikers to prepare for rapidly changing water levels and the possibility of an unplanned night in the wilderness.

The Sacramento Bee spoke to avalanche experts, skiers and guides about what went wrong near Castle Peak, and what skiers can learn.

Denali National Park offers six million acres of wild Alaska, wildlife viewing, off-trail hikes, scenic flights, and views of North America’s tallest peak.

In an effort to make Logan Pass more easily accessible, Glacier National Park is rolling out a new ticketed shuttle system this summer that includes early morning express routes up Going-to-the-Sun ...

A driver accused of intentionally ramming into a Tahoe-area youth baseball team, leaving one player unconscious and buried ...

Along Donner Pass Road, the Wagon Train diner—an area staple established in the 1940s—has been especially busy as residents and visitors look for a warm place to gather.

The majority of the eight skiers who were killed during Tuesday's historic avalanche on Castle Peak have been identified in a joint statement from their families.

What began as a three-day backcountry ski trip to remote huts near Donner Pass ended in catastrophe Tuesday when a powerful avalanche swept through the group, killing eight people and leaving one ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats passed a new congressional map through the Virginia legislature on Friday that aims to help their party win four more seats in the national redistricting battle. It’s a ...

Eight skiers lay dead on a Sierra mountainside Wednesday, their bodies unreachable by rescuers, a day after a powerful avalanche tore through backcountry terrain near Donner Pass. One more person ...