"On Oct. 5, 1846, John Snyder was angry that James Reed's slow-moving heavy wagon was keeping the Donner Party from making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several drivers spun out amid snowy conditions on Interstate 80 over Donner Summit in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountain ...

What should have been a brief trip 74 years ago this month turned into a disaster-movie-scale nightmare. Think of it as “The ...

The Brienz Rothorn Bahn is the only Swiss mountain railway still operating a full steam service. The one-hour journey climbs steadily to the summit, revealing alpine landscapes, lakes, and distant ...

After a slushy, delayed start, ski season in and around Lake Tahoe is finally underway. The heavy Christmas snowstorm that dropped up to 5 feet of snow in 72 hours, and led to gridlock on Interstate ...

A blanketing of several inches of snow greeted many Northern Californians as they awoke the morning of Dec. 27 as a winter storm rolled through parts of the state. The heavy snow and strong winds ...

Plans to build California’s new high-speed railway in 2026 have been revealed to Newsweek. California High-Speed Rail Authority officials have shared updates on the project’s goals, milestones, ...

In 1846, at Green River, Wyoming, Capt. Charles Imus of Santa Cruz was being lectured on why he was a fool not to take the new Hastings Cutoff. This shortcut would save 350 to 400 miles in greater ...

Overnight Monday, dozens of first responders, including members of the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team, cut through fallen trees, dug through deep snow and traversed the area by snowmobile and ...