Karo-la Pass (4960m)

Friendship Highway continuing west from Nangartse towards the mountains of the Karo-la Pass	Kalurong Qu river flowing down from the Karo-la Pass	Friendship Highway heading for the snow covered peaks	Kalurong Qu valley
Our Landcruiser	Friendship Highway leading up to Karo-la Pass	Kalurong Qu Valley between Nangartse and the Karo-la Pass	Snowcapped Kaluxung 6674m (21,896ft)
That looks like serious avalanche danger (N28.862/E090.209), east face of Kaluxung (6674m)	Nganyang Valley leading to the north off the Friendship Highway (N28.89/E90.26)	high point on the ridge leading to Kaluxung South Summit (6536m). Location: 28°50'59"N 90°14'01"E. Altitude: 6302m	Kaluxung Icefall (N28.876/E090.225)
Kaluxung icefall and glacier (姜桑拉姆冰川)	Good road leading up Karo-la Pass	Yaks grazing near the river on the valley floor	Scenery looking south from the road to Karo-la Pass
Deep blue sky with snow covered Mount Nojin Kangtsang 7191m	The massive glacier on the south face of Mount Nojin Kangtsang	Detail of the glacier on the south face of Mt. Nojin Kangtsang	Karo-la Pass at the foot of Mt. Nojin Kangtsang 7191m
Prayer flags and stupa at Karo-la Pass	Mt. Nojin Kangtsang 7191m	Stupa at 5039m in front of Mt. Nojin Kangtsang 7191m	Primitive shelter at the base of Mt. Nojin Kangtsang
High point on the southwest ridge of Mt. Nojin Kangtsang with an avalanche waiting to happen along the ridge	Peak on the east side of the Nojin Kangtsang glacier	Nojin Kangtsang glacier	Nojin Kangtsang Glacier
Stupa (chörten) with prayer flags at the summit of Karo-la Pass	Karo-la Pass summit, around 16,200 ft	Stupa (chörten) Karo-la Pass	Karo-la Pass
Karo-la Pass	Meltwater from the glacier forming a waterfall	Karo-la Pass	Oven for offerings, Karo-la Pass
Oven for offerings, Karo-la Pass	Sheep grazing, Karo-la Pass	Stupa and prayer flags, Karo-la Pass	Prayer flag covered stupa beneath Mt Nojin Kangtsang
Stupa, prayer flags and glacier, Karo-la Pass	Stupa, prayer flags and glacier, Karo-la Pass	Tiny village set up to service tourists stopping at Karo-la Pass	Mount Nojin Kangtsang 7191m
Karo-la Pass, no parking	Mt. Nojin Kangtsang and the village at Karo-la Pass	Continuing the drive west to Gyantse past Mt. Nojin Kangtsang	Odd vegetation near Karo-la Pass
The Friendship Highway heading westwards down the other side of Karo-la Pass	We were doing well on time, so I took a short hike towards Mt Nojin Kangtsang starting about 2 km west of Karo-la Pass	A side view of Mt Nojin Kangtsang	Mt Nojin Kangtsang from around 2 km west of Karo-la Pass
Mt Nojin Kangtsang from around 2 km west of Karo-la Pass	A little brown bird foraging among the rocks	West side of Karo-la Pass	High point on the southwest ridge of Mt Nojin Kangtsang
Headed back to rejoin the Land Cruiser	Crystals I bought from a kid at Karo-la Pass	Tent of nomadic Yak herders west of Karo-la Pass	Yaks
Yaks and nomadic yak herder	The Friendship highway decending to the next valley	The water flowing west from Karo-la will pass Gyantse and join the Yarlung Tsampo near Shigatse	The broad valley between Karo-la Pass and Simi-la, the next pass to the west on the road to Gyantse
Small village in the middle of the broad valley (N28.911/E90.079)	Hills on the west side of the valley between Karo-la and Simi-la	Village of identical Tibetan-style houses on the side of the road	Looking back at Mt. Nojin Kangtsang 7191m
The Buddhist mantra Om Mani Padme Hum written in white stone	A rocky outcropping with prayer flags	Friendship Highway headed west for the third pass on the road to Gyantse, Simi-la