Mongolia | Zaisan Tolgoi | Seventh Nine Nine | Doviin Tolgoi Borlono

The Seventh of the so-called Nine-Nines—nine periods of nine days each, each period marked by some description of winter weather—began on February 14. The Seventh of the Nine-Nines is Doviin Tolgoi Borlono, the “time when the tops of the hills become brown.” It is still relatively cold,—18ºF at 4:oo AM with an expected high of 18ºF this afternoon,  but snow has melted off a lot of hilltops, including the top of Zaisan Tolgoi (Nobleman’s Hill),  the hill that gives my neighborhood its name. 

Zaisan Tolgoi