Explore Tibet

There’s a common misconception that Tibet is a land of stark, unyielding extremes—a place where the air is thin, the landscape barren, and the cold biting. While the “Roof of the World” certainly has its formidable side, those who visit in the autumn discover a completely different story. From September to October, the

There’s a reason Tibet keeps coming up on every serious trekker’s list, and it isn’t just the altitude bragging rights. This is the highest plateau on earth, hemmed in by the most tangled, dramatic collection of mountains found anywhere on the planet. The Himalayas run almost 1,600 miles along its southern edge, and the Karakoram does the same along the west. Somewhere in bet...