Lama Tuvdenjantsan at Nariyn Tsokhiotiyn Rashaan, a spring with medicinal water. Büren Khairkhan Uul in the background

Büren Khairkhan Uul. This mountain is considered by locals to be inhabited by a powerful male spirit.

One of two deer stones located between Büren Khairkhan Uul and Sogoo Khairkhan Uul, further up the valley. The spirits of the mountains, one male and one female, are said to meet at these stones.

Sogoo Khairkhan Uul is the lower triangular mountain in the middle of the photo. It is thought by locals to possess a female spirit.

Approaching Khokh Nuur, at an elevation of 9378 feet

Khokh Nuur

Khokh Nuur and Bavsai

Bavsai doing his Burkhan act with a space blanket

Huge cirque, just below the peak of Gurvan Angarkhan Mountain

11,573 summit of Gurvan Angarkhan Uul, second highest mountain in the Khangai Range.

View from near the summit of Gurvan Angarkhan Uul

The ridge seen here is the immense moraine, at least a thousand feet high, which resulted in Khokh Nuur. It was created by a glacier which originated in the cirque shown above.

Powerful male mountain near the valley of Khoit Tamir. Locals worship an ovoo at its summit.

Valley of a tributary of the Khoit Tamir.