Looking down from the Summit to Khurkhreet Tsakhir Gol, 5180 below

Ger at Khurkhreet Tsakhir Gol where we stayed for one night

The so-called White Gates, entrance to the mountains from the Biger Depression.

Bottom of the waterfall. A famous Mongolian movie made in 1990 showed a naked young actress showering under this waterfall. Local people were outraged by this immodest behaviour. They also claim the waterfall itself was so insulted that it quit flowing for two years.

A Snow Leopard skull we found on Burkhan Buudai Mountain

Biger town has a distillery which makes vodka from yaks' milk. Here is some of the products.

Bayan Buural Monastery in the Biger Depression. Burkhan Buudai Uul can be seen in the middle, on the skyline. The monastery was founded in 1830 by the famous Tibetan monk Luvsangele who came to Mongolia at the invitation of Zasagt Khan Gelegyampil. It quickly became one of the leading monasteries in western Mongolia. Was totally destroyed in 1937.