Bamboo-Deurali
We climbed steeply through stands of bamboo, then through rhododendron forest up the side of the canyon. The trail dropped us to cross offshoot on narrow bridges and ascended continuously. After traversing avalanche channels, we reached a small hydro plant and lodges alongside the stone-paved trail of Dovan (2500m), an hour from Bamboo.
Elsewhere in Dovan, we crossed a stream and avalanche chute, and then we climbed across a landslide. We climbed past a cascade over a rock platform and passed a trailside temple decorated with Shiva tridents and flowers. Thirty minutes later, we reached two lodges that were both named Himalaya in a deep valley at Himalayan Hotel (2840m).
From Himalayan Hotel, we took about 50 minute walk, first on a rocky trail through forests, then up a steep valley, to Hinku Cave (3100m). High cascades tumble off the high rock walls in all directions. We crossed the remnants of a glacier just beyond Hinku, then we climbed through large rocks to Deurali (3140m) and stayed at Panorama Guest House.
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