Pioneers: In the 1970s, the Nevada Emigrant Trail Marking Committee installed three markers in Reno. Now another group, Trails West, says they're in the wrong spots.

The Applegate Trail, established in 1846, would become a major route to the West. Peter Lassen cleaved from this trail in 1848, establishing a route to the high valleys of the Sierra region.

Breaking Trail BRETT ... For me it’s all about the northern Sierra Nevada. I’d say from the Emigrant Wilderness all the way up to the Desolation Wilderness.

It became infamous for the Donner Party, who traveled it on their way to the snow-covered Sierra Nevada. In spring 1846, Hastings traveled east from California to Fort Bridger in southwest Wyoming.

Emigrant Trail was closed and my worst fears were confirmed. I turned to the snow-covered peaks cradling Caples Lake’s steel blue for consolation as we continued to the Pass.

Embers fly from burning trees as the Caldor Fire grows on Mormom Emigrant Trail east of Sly Park, California. AP PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Millions of acres of national forest in Northern California ...

“So, there may be an opportunity to work in preservation of the Emigrant Trail and railroad grade as part of their development plan,” he said. Victoria Wilkins, acting field manager for the BLM’s ...

A week ago it was supposed to be not as hot in Sonora, in the 80s and cooler than previous weekends, and we decided to go east over Sonora Pass ...

The Stevens-Townsend-Murphy Party established the Truckee River Route of the Emigrant Trail in 1844, and the Donner Party used the route to pass through the area in 1846.

The Harmony Ridge Deli is conveniently located along the Emigrant Trail on Highway 20, about 10 miles east of Nevada City. It’s been a favorite stopping place for a century and a half, first for ...

Emigrant Gap, at an elevation of roughly 5,200 feet, is about an hour’s drive northeast of Sacramento on Interstate 80. The group, the first such Black-led conservancy in California , expects to ...