“Have you ever heard of the cowboy straddle?” my partner, Emanuel, asked. Without waiting for a reply, he hoisted himself onto a log suspended above a rushing stream and began using branches on either ...

Picking his way down an icy couloir in the High Sierra, the backpacker arrived at a ledge he couldn't descend. But he'd gone too far and also couldn't climb out. He was stranded in the snow - cliffed ...

Clovis resident Ryan Soares encountered incredibly deep snow during his Fastest Known Time of the 47-mile Sierra High Route telemark ski across Sequoia National Park in May 2023. Courtesy Ryan Soares ...

It’s distressing enough to be mostly shut-in for six months, sheltering at home. Add temperatures hovering in the high 90s to low 100s, and now, wildfire and forest fire smoke blanketing the Valley – ...

I’m lying on copper-colored sand ground from High Sierra granite, the coarse grains pushing into my temple and knees and elbows. An army of black ants is crawling up my sunburned arm, across my muddy ...