Snowman Trek

The Snowman is spoken of quietly among trekkers: roughly three hundred kilometres through Lunana, the most remote inhabited district in the Himalaya, crossing ten passes above 4,500 metres. Fewer people complete it in a year than summit Everest.

The route begins on the Jomolhari trail, with the sacred peak and Jichu Drake filling the horizon, then bends north and east through Jigme Dorji National Park. Beyond Laya the path enters country where villages see outsiders a handful of times a year and the only traffic is yak caravans moving between herder encampments.

This is an expedition rather than a holiday walk. It asks for a full month, honest fitness and a settled weather window, and it repays them with the emptiest, highest walking Bhutan has. We run it with an experienced crew, pack animals and a full camp kitchen.