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 ...

California boasts many natural attractions, but there's nothing like the extremes in Yosemite, the centerpiece of the Sierra Nevada. The national park houses the tallest waterfall in the state and ...

On a recent hike through the High Sierra, UC Davis professor Hugh ... As he continued his voyage through the forest in Sequoia National Park last September, he unearthed a cluster of several ...

I visited all the major US national parks and ranked them based on factors like beauty and crowd size. My favorites include ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled ... south slopes of Mount Kaweah in Sequoia National Park, Safford paused to admire a foxtail ...

Nevada's Great Basin National Park is extremely diverse, covering over 77,000 acres with ancient forests, high mountain peaks ... is located in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.

2024 on a hike along Mount Kaweah in the High Sierra. Lodgepole and foxtail pine are commonly ... at timberline along the south slopes of Mount Kaweah in Sequoia National Park, Safford paused to ...

A giant sequoia is seen after surviving the Windy Fire during a tour of the Trail of 100 Giants, also known as Long Meadow Grove, in the Sequoia National ... tend to be too high for flames to ...

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 ...