DANVILLE — Peer to the southeast beyond the toothpicks that dot the Altamont Pass in the form of wind turbines and you could ...

The “snowiest” label could depend on whether you’re talking about where the most snow falls or where the most snow piles up.

The Catawba Lands Conservancy received a $100,000 grant, achieving one third of its fundraising goal for construction on Spencer Mountain.

The snowiest mountain in California — and the second snowiest place in the continental United States — is Lassen Peak in Shasta County, with an average of about 45 feet of snowfall yearly.

From the high point of the Walker Basin Trail, echoes of the area’s ranching ... but for a moderately demanding day hike, a 5-mile up-and-back trek starting at the north trailhead makes for ...

My original plan was to hike Elbert from the North side, a ~10 mile trail that was expected to take ... above 14,000 feet in elevation at its peak) is that your pack is heaviest when you're ...