Ruins of Desert Cathay 250 - View to south from first forest-clad ridge above Khazan-gol - The Khazan-gol is just visible in valley. In distance the snowy peaks of the main Richthofen Range. - Compare elevation here with the camp on the river in previous photo. Stein loved crossing very high passes. Here he noted the forests of which there were none further west into the Kun-lun. He ascribed the vegetation to the influence of Pacific weather.