backcountry

As low pressure moves into southern California, isolated showers are expected across the Sierra, with a heavier band of precipitation moving into the area south of Highway 50 during the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Snow levels will remain near 9,000 feet in Mono County and may briefly fall below 9,000 feet under heavier snow showers.

Here is this week's fall fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Oct. 4-10.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Sept. 26 through Oct. 2.

Editor's Note: The story below is about my friend and colleague Taylor Flynn's search for his missing mother Deanna Brooks. Taylor wrote about the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and the long and painful searches for her in the September issue of the Tahoe Mountain News. Go here for his column. The Flynn family wishes to express their gratitude to the South Lake Tahoe community for the outpouring of prayers, thoughts and support. A Facebook page has been established as part of the search, www.facebook.com/find.deanna
On a personal level, it has been painful to see my friend Taylor going through this very difficult time with his family. It serves as a reminder about the importance for family members and friends to check in with one another often as they travel and to provide travel plans including departure and expected arrival times as well as the highways and roadways to be taken. A brief phone call or text message while filling up the gas tank or stopping for a break is always a safe practice when driving long distances. The same can be applied to those going on backcountry trips where an itinerary to family and friends — including departure and expected arrival — should be considered mandatory for hikers and campers. — Jeff Munson

SANTA CRUZ - After three weeks of searches on the sides of Highway 101 and surrounding roads in five counties, Taylor Flynn has not given up hope of finding his mother.
Flynn, the 49-year-old publisher of the Tahoe Mountain News in South Lake Tahoe, was one of the last people to see 70-year-old Deanna Brooks before her disappearance Aug. 24.

At Lake Tahoe, football is underway, the colors are starting to change, the days are getting shorter, and the smell of fireplaces are starting to fill the evening air.

Authorities are looking for a Reno man in the death of a 40-year-old Minnesota man whose skeletal remains were found in February in a drainage wash in the backcountry of Douglas County.Sgt. Jim ...

It's been a busy season in the Lake Tahoe backcountry.El Dorado County Search and Rescue volunteers have already racked up as many responses as they would in a typical year, according to numbers fr...

Desolation Wilderness is not to be mistaken for a secret hideaway or distant destination.The 63,960-acre slice of Sierra Nevada backcountry butts up against the southwest corner of Lake Tahoe - ...

Great fishing is being reported throughout Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe and Sierra this summer. Here is this week's fishing report, through July 17, for rivers, lakes and streams in the region.

With an extremely high threat of forest fire at Lake Tahoe and the Sierra this summer, Heavenly Mountain, Northstar California and Kirkwood resorts have put a number of precautionary measures in place, including banning all smoking on their respective mountains for the summer.

Sierra Front Interagency Fire Dispatch Center is asking citizens to stay out of the area where the Preacher Mine Fire recently burned in Douglas County.
Curious citizens and off-road vehicle operators have been utilizing the roadways and backcountry area where the fire burned, and this has caused problems for the fire mop-up crews still operating in the area.
Some smoldering hot spots still remain in the area, and hand crews will be operating in the area for several more days extinguishing them.

The 13th Annual “Near Death Experience” will take place at Kirkwood Mountain Resort from June 7-10, 2012. Known as the premier camp to prepare riders for the Death Ride, the grueling 129-mile bike tour of the California Alps on July 14, 2012, Kirkwood’s Near Death Experience Bike Camp is designed to take riders to the next level.

Searchers located and are in the process of retrieving the body of a skier, who's been missing in Mono County for nearly two weeks.Boris Avdeev, 31, of Ann Arbor, Mich., an experienced backcountry ...

With the ski and board season winding down, it’s almost time to catch some fish in the High Sierra once again.
On Saturday, April 28 the 2012 fishing season will open for all applicable lakes, reservoirs, streams, creeks and rivers in California. The season will then remain open until Thursday, Nov. 15.
If you’re new to the Lake Tahoe and Sierra, here’s some information that can be useful if you would like to fish on that Opening Day or the entire opening weekend:

Backcountry skiers and snowboarders looking to take advantage of the fresh snow falling through the weekend should monitor avalanche conditions carefully.The Sierra Avalanche Center has issued a...

MINDEN, Nev. - Investigators of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office have identified the skeletal remains discovered on Feb. 22 in the northeast backcountry area of Douglas County, as those of 40 ye...

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - A 29-year-old man who died Thursday after being seriously injured in a backcountry avalanche near Lake Tahoe has been identified as Benjamin Brackett of Olympic Valley.Brac...

The bones that were discovered in the northeast backcountry area of Douglas County on Wednesday have been identified as human, according to a Thursday statement from the Douglas County Sheriff's Of...

Access. This one word outlines the reach of possibility for the backcountry skier. Too often I have conversed with winter adventurers heading to and from the Alps and all they can say is: "Ahh! The...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Though this winter hasn't been characterized by plentiful powder, skiers and snowboarders are still taking trips into the region's backcountry for untracked snow."It's...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Police have identified the victim of a Utah backcountry avalanche as a 24-year-old man from the Salt Lake City area.Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal says snowboarder Alecsander...

A guided hike into the backcountry beyond the trails of Kirkwood to