My first horse ride in over 30 years! We decided not to ride out to the mountain, camp overnight at the Khuiten Uul base camp and ride back the next day; but ride to the mountain and return back to our ger camp in one day since everyone was concerned about the weather and the cold temperature. It would have been fun to camp overnight but sleeping in a sub-freezing weather with flimsy sleeping bag would not be fun.
Altai Tavan Bogd National Park area was absolutely beautiful with grasslands, clear turquoise lakes and snow-capped mountain peaks. Our ride was to the 12km-long Potanii Glacier, at the foot of the Khuiten Uul. What a view...this was my first time seeing a mountain glacier! I can't even fathom what this place would look like during winter where the snow and glacier would expand 20+ meters higher than now. Not sure if we were being environmental sensitive but we all walked out onto the glacier, including a young dog who followed us since lunch (we named him "Teen Wolf" since he looked part-wolf), to truly feel the immenseness of the glacier. What an amazing sight...I've never seen such strange yet magnificent landscape.
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