Upper Pisang, Western Region, Nepal
Day 4 on the trail was another fairly long slog, but the compensation was that the scenery kept getting better and better as I went along. Starting out from Chame was through a thickly forested and steep-sided valley for a few hours. There were some impressive overlooks and also some spots where the road had been blasted out of the cliff face. The snowy peaks above the evergreens and overall environment reminded me most of many hikes I did in the Canadian Rockies in 2003 and for much of the day there wasn't much evidence of human settlement that gives away the part of the world you’re trekking.
After a long walk through thick evergreen forest and a lunch stop at a village named Dhukur Pokhari everything changed
. The skies cleared and the air dried out; the valley floor flattened and widened from a V-shaped canyon cut by running water to a U-shaped one gouged out by glaciers; and the landscape changed from dense evergreen forest to dry open pine woodland. I had entered the upper part of the Manang Valley in the rain shadow of the peaks of the Annapurna Range.
I took the trail to Lower Pisang village to take advantage of the Safe Water Drinking Station there and then took the short steep trail to Upper Pisang at 3,300 meters (about 11,000 feet) to spend the night. I picked a guesthouse with a stupendous view towards Annapurna II peak and some of the other peaks of the Annapurna range. I was given a room so small that my body heat seemed to keep it relatively warm through the night. I took a late afternoon walk through the medieval village and to the gompa (monastery) above the town. The ancient village and mountain scenery were some of the most spectacular of my trek.
Annapurna Trek III - Medieval Upper Pisang
Monday, April 14, 2014
Upper Pisang, Western Region, Nepal
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