The hike from Namche Bazaar to Deboche started out hot and dry but by the time we reached the lodge in the tiny settlement four hours later weather had moved in and covered everything in dense fog. Snow began to fall at dusk in windy sheets over the awning of our empty camp. At over 12,000 feet the scene was intensely beautiful. The lodge owner was as excited as we were since it was the first snow fall at Deboche in almost two years. It had also been 2 years since we'd seen our last New England winter. We slept below the temple at Tengboche and woke up to a white landscape where it had been red dust the day before. There were plenty of rest days built into the schedule and a slow start was in order with a look around in the afternoon.
