Up to 12 feet (3.66 m) of snow is forecast to fall in California's Sierra Nevada mountains through the weekend, as a one-two punch of dual brutal cold fronts slams into the Pacific Northwest, the ...

The National Weather Service is calling for "extremely heavy snow rates" of 2-6 inches per hour in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The water content of the Sierra snowpack, which provides about a third of California's water, is almost twice the average thanks to the recent winter storms.

Climate change will push snow higher in California's Sierra Nevada by the second half of the century, bringing more winter rain and faster mountain runoff.

More snow is on the way for the Northwest after a blizzard slammed California's Sierra Nevada mountains.

CBS News Los Angeles A rare dusting of summer snowfall happened in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California overnight. The snow was spotted by a deputy in Eastern Madera County at Minaret Vista ...

A cold front that swept across the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe on Thursday brought a dusting of snow to mountaintops and ski resorts in California. Snow accumulation was less than an inch in some ...

California residents near the Sierra Nevada, above 8,000 feet, can expect to see snow as the mountains could receive snow twice this week.

MOJAVE, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Truckers drive State Route 58 across the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains following its reopening in the wake of a powerful storm that brought snow to unusually low ...

A solo female climber with a bone injury survived 28 hours at 13,800 feet on California's second-highest mountain before ...

This is the second bout of snow the Sierra has seen in recent weeks; the mountain range straddling California and Nevada recieved a light dusting in late August.