We’ve finally reached August, which means Desolation Wilderness has just about peaked as far as how much of the snowpack and accompanying ice will melt. The clearing, however, also means more people ...

From Lake of the Woods, you can scan across sapphire waters and beyond, up stark, granite slopes to spike-tipped 9,983-foot Pyramid Peak. It's only a 2.7-mile walk to reach this spot and a few ...

Paying to visit Desolation Wilderness is more controversial than many of the national recreation area fees for one simple reason. Desolation is a wilderness – not a park, a campground or a picnic area ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) -- New rules are being introduced at a popular hiking spot in the Sierra Nevada that aims to prevent bears from stealing human food. Effective next Monday, overnight campers ...

Travel is on the upswing and Californians are hitting the road, whether it’s the highway, the airport tarmac or the hiking trail. Now readers are sharing their recent adventures, snapping photos as ...

Fast Fact: Desolation Wilderness is one of the most popular wilderness areas in the country and home to Horsetail Falls, a nearly 500-foot waterfall. Lying directly west of Lake Tahoe, Desolation ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is looking for volunteers that are interested in helping to preserve Desolation Wilderness. Interested and committed ...

DESOLATION WILDERNESS (CBS13) – It took a team of rescuers to get an injured St. Bernard mix out of the Desolation Wilderness the other day. The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office says the 120-pound ...

2005-08-21 04:00:00 PDT Echo Lake, El Dorado County-- The bear was nearly as big as a horse, with teeth the size of Ginsu knives and claws like sharpened scythes. It would have scared me half to death ...

Two hikers from Sacramento who became stranded on a cliff in the Desolation Wilderness were rescued by El Dorado County sheriff’s search and rescue volunteers and a California Highway Patrol ...