Chatarake rising to 21,325 feet (6500 meters). Its snowline on the
northwest face shown here is at about 19,000 feet with a few slivers
in the folds reaching lower. Click on photo to see how incredibly
thick is the glacier. This telephoto view is taken with the digital camera.
We have moved further up the valley to Jhomolhari and are looking back
into the clouds that are forming in the early afternoon.

Click on the griffon or the photo to continue.