Toyabe

The Toiyabe Range rises above the long valleys of central Nevada, one of the many mountain chains that give the Great Basin its alternating ridges and basins. Its high crest and wooded slopes stand over the dry floor of Big Smoky Valley. Western Shoshone people gathered pine nuts on the eastern slopes, reaching as far as the summit, and also harvested them in the neighbouring Toquima Range. The seasonal nut harvest brought people together from camps throughout the surrounding country.