What are the paths like?
Walking usually starts in highly cultivated foothills and works its way upwards into the mountains. The routes are centuries old village paths either on the floors of the valleys or gorges, following ridge lines, passing through forests, contouring hillsides, or crossing passes from one region to the next. They connect villages and lead to remote monasteries, using suspension bridges to cross-rivers. The longer, harder treks may cross glaciers and snow covered passes. Occasionally you might wade small streams.
