A Monterey County search-and-rescue team hiked 16 miles to help a hiker who was hit with the norovirus while backpacking in the Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, California.

Backpacking permits for the popular Indian Peaks Wilderness, which are required for overnight camping from June 1 to Sept. 15, went on sale Tuesday.

A Monterey County search-and-rescue team hiked 16 miles to help a hiker who was hit with the norovirus while backpacking in the Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, California.

Hiker rescue in the Ventana Wilderness A team carried a sick backpacker to safety in a 13-hour overnight rescue from the Sykes Hot Springs area near Big Sur. Map created with the assistance of ...

Caroline Meister, 30, went missing while hiking in the Ventana Wilderness on Monday. Parents hopeful two days after daughter goes missing in Ventana Wilderness . Skip to content.

A Monterey County search-and-rescue team hiked 16 miles to help a hiker who was hit with the norovirus while backpacking in the Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, California.

An all-out search continued Thursday for missing hiker Caroline Meister and still no sign of the 30-year-old who left the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Monday morning for a hike and never returned.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, along with CalFire and the Urban Search and Rescue Team, rescued a ...

Monterey County Sheriff Tina M. Nieto confirmed during a news conference on Friday that the body of 30-year-old Caroline Meister was found by search and rescue teams around 10:45 a.m. at the base ...

We put the best backpacking stoves from MSR, Soto, Primus, JetBoil, Snow Peak, and GSI through a series of field and ... which took place along a 40-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail in ...

A Monterey County search-and-rescue team hiked 16 miles to help a hiker who was hit with the norovirus while backpacking in the Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, California.

A Monterey County search-and-rescue team hiked 16 miles to help a hiker who was hit with the norovirus while backpacking in the Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, California.