Between the Everest and Langtang regions is the Rolwaling Valley. This is the home of the famous Mount Gaurishanker (7134m). A few miles south of the Tibetan border, it is known as one of the seven hidden valleys in the Himalayas.

This is a wild and barely explored district where legendary tales of the abominable snowman, known as the Yeti, haunt the imagination of climbers. On the slope of Rolwaling Peak itself, the famous British mountaineer, Eric Shipton, first photographed Yeti footprints in 1951.