Map of Day 11 hike - 3.5 miles
Final camp site - on an incline


Top of ridge due East from camp site


All-terrain vehicle tracks leading off jeep trail


Steep climb up western face


Outcropping with Washoe Lake in distance


Beetle hieroglyphics


Unopened wild flowers


Reno 20 miles to the North


Cell tower marking summit of Ophir Hill


Meadows at the crest of the Virginia Range


From the top of Ophir Hill at 7,782 feet


Remembering Downieville


Final leg of the journey


Long descent


Wild horses in Spanish Ravine


First glimpse of Virginia City


An offering for an ancestor, 151 years later


Ready to enter "camp" like a lady


Mt. Davidson looming over the valley


A 40 degree slope in the hillside


The destination within reach


Checking in from a Virginia City saloon