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‘I fought nature and lost’: Hiker recounts surviving 20 days in California’s Sierra Nevada
Two days after she was found alive in a snowbound cabin deep in California’s Sierra Nevada, Tiffany Slaton stood before reporters and recounted a harrowing, three-week fight to survive the elements ...
Missing hiker survived for weeks in California wilderness by foraging and drinking melted snow
A 28-year-old woman described how she survived for weeks outdoors in California’s eastern Sierra mountains by foraging for ...
Missing hiker found in California says she was trapped by snow, survived on wild leeks
A Georgia woman who went missing for weeks in California's Sierra Nevada said that she was trapped by an avalanche and ...
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Missing camper explains how she survived 3 weeks lost in Sierra Nevada
Tiffany Slaton, of Jeffersonville, Georgia, was miraculously found alive after being missing for nearly three weeks in the ...
Cold storm to bring rain, snow and thunder to western U.S. this weekend
As a storm tracks across the West this weekend, it will generate enough cold air for snow to fall over some of the higher ...
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Weather West: As Progressive Ridge-Trough Pattern Shifts, Rising Heat in California and Southwest Likely In Late May
The below article is reposted with permission by the Weather West Blog. Recent conditions in California: Unsettled, though ...
Rescue of hiker missing for weeks in snowy California wilderness a ‘surreal moment’
When the Vermilion Valley Resort in California’s eastern Sierra shut down for the winter, the staff left cabin doors unlocked ...
Hiker missing for weeks in California's Sierra Nevada mountains found alive in snow-covered cabin
Tiffany Slaton, a Georgia woman who went missing for weeks while hiking in California's Sierra Nevada, was found alive inside a cabin that was inaccessible to vehicles due to the snowpack.
Missing Hiker Found Safe After Surviving Weeks in Snowy California Mountains
When the Vermilion Valley Resort in California’s eastern Sierra shut down for the winter, the staff left cabin doors unlocked ...
Starving camper missing for three weeks found holed up in remote High Sierra cabin: ‘It’s unheard of’
The owner of a remote resort left one of his cabins unlocked during the winter just in case a lost hiker needed shelter, and ...
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Bridge to a Bright Future
Undergraduates walk FUERTE's wild path toward environmental careers By Sonia Fernandez, UCSB On a sunny, windy morning 10 UC Santa Barbara undergraduate students peer over the edge of the Long Valley ...
Bicyclist’s disappearance in Sierra Nevada called ‘definitely troubling’
The lack of clues about what happened to an outgoing young bicyclist is “definitely troubling,” a sheriff’s officer said in ...