Yak Kharaka to Lake Phoksundo

We go from 12,600 ft down to 11,000 ft and beautiful Phoksundo, Rain in Yak Kharaka overnight, resulted in a very foggy morning before we hiked out. Lots of wild flowers as we descend. We had quite a climb out of the river valley to get up over the ridge around the lake. trees and area around the lake were very wooded much like Lake Tahoe. Nothing lives in the lake probably due to altitude and no one is allowed to touch the water. It's beautiful
Yak meat for dinner (it's like jerky) and to drink Tombha, a fermented millet drink that has hints of Kombucha.Read more