View from the summit back to the start of the XC hike (cars parked on the right side of the Fordyce Dam).
Nicole celebrates the last hours of her 20s on the summit of Old Man Mountain.
View of Brady Mountain -- circumnavigated by us on Day 1 -- from the summit of Old Man.
The Summit Team: Steve, Darren, Nicole, Dan, Dave and Will.
REI Press trip: Hiking in the high Sierra west of Donner Pass and along the Tahoe Rim Trail
Descent of Old Man -- 1700 vertical feet through broken talus and scree.
Descent into the lake cirque on the north side of Old Man.
Looking back toward the start of our Old Man Mountain hike (cars parked Kat the far end of the dam in the right-center of the photo). Our return cuts straight up the river valley.
Descent of Old Man -- 1700 vertical feet through broken talus and scree.
