The monastery is still graced by surrounding juniper forest, said to have sprouted from the hairs of its founder Dromtompa. A pleasant 40-minute kora leads up from the old guesthouse around the monastery ruins, passing several stone carvings, a series of eight chörtens and an active sky burial site.
At the kora's highest point a side trail branches 25 minutes up the hillside to the drubkhang (meditation retreat) where Tsongkhapa composed the Lamrim Chenmo (Graduated Path), a key Gelugpa text.
