This small, action-packed lake in the Eastern Sierras offers everything it's famous sibling does - boating, fishing, camping ...

Springtime in the Western United States generally means snow melt and a lot of muddy conditions. It may seem like an odd time to visit a mountain town... but it's just the opposite for the traveler ...

The Santa Barbara County chaparral shrublands form my best-loved hiking region, also called Los Padres National Forest. However, the much higher “alpine” areas also summon the soul to breathe free ...

Mammoth Lakes continued to rumble Sunday with small earthquakes, but the swarm that has produced more than 700 temblors in the last four days appears to be bottoming out. The number and intensity of ...

Twin Falls was roaring and there was talk of trout near its base. Those were all the excuses Randy Mayer needed. Mayer put on his Dodgers hat, gathered up his sons West and Van, hopped in a skiff on ...