The two were hiking when the 67-year-old man broke his ankle while trying to get Mitzi the dog back onto the trail after she wandered during the hike.

With more than 47,000 members, a Sierra off-roading group is volunteering help to stranded motorists and snowed-in residents ...

A dog owner is mourning the loss of his beloved mini-Doberman Mitzi Tuesday after the 15-year-old canine was found dead following the rescue of her master, who was injured while hiking above Sierra ...

Search and rescue teams continue their efforts to locate nine missing skiers caught in Tuesday's avalanche in the Castle Peak backcountry. Authorities initially reported that the group included 16 ...

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – In the wake of the recent avalanche tragedy that rocked the Tahoe Basin, you may have been made ...

Four hikers were rescued by the Guardia Civil after becoming lost in the mountains of Sierra Nevada on Wednesday night, following a dramatic search operation in freezing conditions. The group had ...

The avalanche in the Sierra backcountry Tuesday near Donner Summit — in which six people were rescued hours after the slide — killed eight skiers and left one missing and presumed dead, Northern ...

The disaster is the second-deadliest avalanche in the United States since at least 1951.

California is being walloped this week by a powerful winter storm bringing treacherous thunderstorms, high winds and heavy snow in mountain areas.

(FOX40.COM) — New details on last week’s fatal avalanche show the heroic efforts of three skiers who saved companions who were buried in the snow. On Feb. 17, a group of 15 backcountry skiers were ...

TRUCKEE, CA — A massive search and rescue operation is currently unfolding in the Northern California backcountry after an avalanche swept through a group of 16 skiers Tuesday morning. According to ...

Eight people were killed in a "remote and rugged area" north of I-80 near Truckee.