Sierra_Nevada - Jack Ford after a hot air balloon ride

Jack Ford after a hot air balloon ride

Jenny Lind, California: Former President Ford Gerald Ford’s son Jack grins as he rests in front of the rolled up hot air balloon which he crewed in an attempt to cross California’s Sierra Nevada range. The flight was made to publicize the new magazine “Outside.” It started in Oakdale in the Sierra foothills, and ended here, on 9/3/1977 in Calaveras County, 25 miles away. (UPI Photo/Files)


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RENO, Nev., July 17 (UPI) -- Two wildfires have scorched more than 10,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains along the California-Nevada state line, fire officials said Friday.
MADRID, March 2 (UPI) -- A ski lift collapsed Monday at the Sierra Nevada ski resort in Spain, leaving 23 people injured, Spanish officials said.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- California is hovering near the worst drought in the state's history, officials said after reporting the Sierra Nevada snowpack is 61 percent of normal.
PHILLIPS, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California water rationing is almost certain, with Sierra Nevada snow levels below average despite recent winter storms, officials said.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- California authorities say it could be next year before recovery efforts can resume at the site where adventurer Steve Fossett's plane crashed.
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Investigators have finished removing the wreckage of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane from California's remote Sierra Nevada mountains, officials said.
BISHOP, Calif., July 14 (UPI) -- Mud, water and debris swooshed down the Sierra Nevada foothills in California during the weekend, damaging homes and a fish hatchery, officials said.
FRESNO, Calif., June 26 (UPI) -- Eleven hikers missing since the weekend were found safe Wednesday in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, authorities said.
CHICO, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- Firefighters say they've gotten the upper hand on the stubborn Humboldt fire in Northern California, where more than 23,000 acres and 74 homes have been burned.
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