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Final push to Dzonghla
Dzonghla was still about an hour away, but the terrain here was just a pleasure to hike on. So much better than the rocky moraine! It was all pretty level as well, although that was about to change.
After the hill you see up ahead we'd descend down into the valley and then gain in altitude a bit again. The weather conditions were getting worse and so we pushed on hoping to arrive at the teahouse before things got too annoying.
The closer to Dzonghla we got, the more we understood what we would be facing the following morning. The Chola Pass takes you to the other side of the mountain range you see above. The pass is basically in between the two pointy mountains on the right. It takes you to the valley on the other side, where there's more glaciers, and more importantly - the Gokyo Lakes.
edit: the pass could actually be almost straight ahead, to the left of that super pointy peak. Looking at later photos this seems to be the case, although looking at a map of the area it seems to cast this into doubt.
At this point it was unclear if the pass would be safe to traverse when we woke up. We would have to wait until the morning to find out.
Dzonghla was still about an hour away, but the terrain here was just a pleasure to hike on. So much better than the rocky moraine! It was all pretty level as well, although that was about to change.
After the hill you see up ahead we'd descend down into the valley and then gain in altitude a bit again. The weather conditions were getting worse and so we pushed on hoping to arrive at the teahouse before things got too annoying.

The closer to Dzonghla we got, the more we understood what we would be facing the following morning. The Chola Pass takes you to the other side of the mountain range you see above. The pass is basically in between the two pointy mountains on the right. It takes you to the valley on the other side, where there's more glaciers, and more importantly - the Gokyo Lakes.
edit: the pass could actually be almost straight ahead, to the left of that super pointy peak. Looking at later photos this seems to be the case, although looking at a map of the area it seems to cast this into doubt.
At this point it was unclear if the pass would be safe to traverse when we woke up. We would have to wait until the morning to find out.
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