Day 16 – May 18 – The long descent

We broke camp and started on the long trail along a ridge back down to the Kali Gandaki valley. By staying high on the ridge, we were able to avoid crossing four deeply eroded canyons. The trail was generally flat or down and we made good time.

This being the highest ridge on the trek, we got wonderful views of all of Mustang and the mountains around it. Unfortunately, the air had become quite hazy, but even so, we were able to see Annapurna I and Dhauligiri I, the 8000-meter mountains to the south. The deep canyons had varied terrains and rock colors.




By 2pm, we completed the long descent to the Kali Gandaki valley and our lodge for the evening. This is the point where we rejoined the trail along the valley floor that we had taken upstream on Day 3. Being almost back to civilization, the guest house was quite comfortable, even having electricity.

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