Sep 6, 2026 7 min read
Yangar and Muchu, Humla: Where the Trees Stop
Yangar and Muchu are the stages between Yalbang and Yari, roughly 3,600 to 3,800 m, where forest gives way to juniper and…
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Yangar and Muchu are the stages between Yalbang and Yari, roughly 3,600 to 3,800 m, where forest gives way to juniper and…
Read more →Yari sits at about 3,850 m, the last inhabited place before the border zone north of Humla. Flat-roofed stone houses built…
Read more →Nara La, also written Nara Lagna, is a 4,580 m pass in upper Humla and the last barrier between the Nepali interior and the…
Read more →Hilsa sits at 3,720 m on the Nepal side of the border opposite Purang in Tibet: concrete customs buildings, a suspension…
Read more →Purang, known in Tibetan as Taklakot, is the town on the Chinese side of the border opposite Hilsa in Humla. It is the trading…
Read more →Yalbang sits at about 3,000 m on a pine-covered bluff between Kermi and Yangar, reached across a suspension bridge over the Humla…
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