But none were quite as formidable as the snowy granite mountain range rising east of Sacramento. Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many ...

and prepare Granite Chief for its opening day,” the ski resort wrote. About 17.5 miles northwest and around 2,100 feet lower, the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab recorded 9.4 inches of snow ...

Embracing Nature's Majesty Yosemite National Park, located in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, is famed for its granite ...