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We were trekking In the Ganesh Himal,
Walking on local tracks mostly - as its not a typical tourist route, so just the routes that villagers might take to get from one village to another or to pastures etc. These varied wildly - tending to be pretty good when close to mettalled roads to barely recognisable "tracks" that involved quite a bit of climbing/scrambling to negotiate.
One thing that is very important to be aware of is AMS (acute mountain sickness - ie "altitute sickness"), especially if you are planning on travelling on your own, the symptoms can be hard to spot yourself - and are often more evident to others.
Just walking/climbing gets harder above 2500-3000m and tough at 4000m (the air is very noticably thinner) and I believe that on a bike the effects are generally noticed lower than when walking.
The weather is often very changeable, particularly at altitude - we had to re-route due to snowfall at ~4000m (despite it being in the 30's in the valleys) - storms can come in very hard and with little warning.
Sorry if all this is sounding a bit scary - just wanting to make sure you are safe - It is an amazing place with scenery second to none and super friendly.
Namaste!