The original Lincoln Highway built in about 1925 climbed the eastern Sierras to Donner Pass with multiple steep switchbacks.

Macaclita (Valle de Calamuchita, eastern Sierras de Comechingones down to Río Cuarto)

Another fire along the eastern Sierra had burned 600 acres near Coleville, Calif.

The route down the eastern Sierras was done on the south side of Donner Lake with a series of switchbacks carved into the mountain.

McCoy first visited the eastern Sierra when he was 13, and went on to make his own first pair of skis in a high school shop class.

Creeks flowing from the eastern Sierra are diverted into the aqueduct.

The Mono tribe people (considered Northern Paiute) occupied the higher eastern Sierras and the Mono Lake Basin, and entered Yosemite from the east.

The Washo people who lived in the eastern Sierra with hunting grounds extending as far west as Calaveras County, have a word for beaver, c'imhélhel.

After crossing 4,956-foot Towne Pass on my way out that afternoon, I pulled off the highway in shock when the granite flank of the eastern Sierras reared up, seemingly close enough to touch.

Paiute, of origin from the eastern Sierra near the Mono Lake area, also lived in the upper watershed of the Merced River.

The original Lincoln Highway built in about 1925 climbed the eastern Sierras to Donner Pass with multiple steep switchbacks.

Macaclita (Valle de Calamuchita, eastern Sierras de Comechingones down to Río Cuarto)

Another fire along the eastern Sierra had burned 600 acres near Coleville, Calif.

The route down the eastern Sierras was done on the south side of Donner Lake with a series of switchbacks carved into the mountain.

McCoy first visited the eastern Sierra when he was 13, and went on to make his own first pair of skis in a high school shop class.

McCoy currently enjoys traveling in the eastern sierras driving an ATV.

Creeks flowing from the eastern Sierra are diverted into the aqueduct.

The Mono tribe people (considered Northern Paiute) occupied the higher eastern Sierras and the Mono Lake Basin, and entered Yosemite from the east.

The Washo people who lived in the eastern Sierra with hunting grounds extending as far west as Calaveras County, have a word for beaver, c'imhélhel.

Paiute, of origin from the eastern Sierra near the Mono Lake area, also lived in the upper watershed of the Merced River.