Hikers with backpacks walk along a needle-covered path through tall pines on the Champadevi hike

Hikers in a pine forest, Champadevi

Hikers follow a carpet of pine needles through the forest at Champadevi.

Hikers with backpacks follow a narrow trail through a pine forest, one using a trekking pole. The ground is thick with orange-brown pine needles, and sunlight reaches it in patches between the tall trunks. It looks like a bright, dry day on the Champadevi hike.