Sequoia National Park is already a great Yosemite alternative. And this is just the start of the High Sierra Trail. Hikers beginning at Crescent Meadows will likely arrive from Fresno, the nearest ...

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

Sequoia National Park is home to the tallest mountain in the Lower 48 and the largest tree on earth. Mount Whitney's granite peak rises 14,505 feet above sea level on the arduous High Sierra trail.

Sequoia National Park in California's Sierra Nevada allows ... to reach high-altitude destinations. The 93-5-mile High Sierra Trail cuts directly through many of the park's higher-elevation ...

Park officials said Tom Gerbier, an Air France pilot, seemingly fell off a cliff in an area known as “The Notch” Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

the National Park Service lists a few on its website. Visitors recommend longer hikes, such as the 13.4-mile Alta Trail or the multiday 65-mile High Sierra Trail, to escape the crowds, especially ...

Sunset in the High Sierras/Courtesy photo BY WILLIAM PRIEDHORSKYLos Alamos MountaineersThe April 29 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Tim Rennick about a backpacking journey along a ...

The stalactites and stalagmites of Sequoia National Park’s Crystal ... dominates the Sierra Nevada range — and an underground stream runs alongside much of the cave trail.

The tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney sits on the border of Sequoia National Park and ... on a 60-mile trek on the High Sierra Trail, which begins in Giant Forest.

Now my adult children are preparing to introduce their children to the peace and beauty of this wonderful park ... Sequoia and the Sierra Nevada are an irreplacable spiritual treasure, helping us to ...