Gregory Thomas

An old coastal inn near Mendocino has been reimagined with pickleball courts, a restaurant and lounge, a sauna and outdoor hot tub, and more.

Permit requirements for the 30-mile trail weaving through these East Bay mountains have ended.

Two of Tahoe’s premier ski areas won’t open as planned Friday due to warm temperatures and lower-than-normal snowfall in the mountains.

One of the most popular camping areas in the Lake Tahoe basin will reopen next year after a two-year hiatus due to a large-scale infrastructure project.

A new helicopter-skiing business is launching this winter with promises to deliver skiers to the remote mountains between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park.

After years, a set of highly anticipated scenic trails opened in the mountains south of San Francisco, for the first time allowing hikers into a beautiful nature corridor hidden in the hills.

Two 8-year-olds have ascended Yosemite’s El Capitan in recent years in trips arranged by their father, who has a larger goal in mind to make a documentary film.

You don’t have to travel to the Sierra to catch Northern California’s fall color shift. Here are five under-the-radar leaf-peeping places in the Bay Area.

Hikers attempt to set a “fastest known time” on the famous Pacific Crest Trail almost every year. An Australian ultrarunner just finished the whole thing in 70 days.

Stranded on an isolated ridge and facing an 800-foot drop, two California backpackers were rescued by helicopter in the nick of time.