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Tsetsege is a strong and independent herder who lives with her family in the rolling hills that flank Mt. Otgontenger in Mongolia’s central Khangai Mountains. As Tsetsege walks among her herd of yaks, goats, sheep, and horses, her wide face and high cheek bones catch the sun and she flashes a vibrant smile. She grew up in this expansive landscape, learning the habits of her animals and the ways of nomadic life. Tsetsege shoulders the demanding responsibility of tending her large herd of anima

Hangai's unique collection of yak down, baby camel and cashmere throws are knit and woven exclusively in Mongolia from hand-combed fibers, ensuring that the value-added remains in-country for the herder families, and the knitters and weavers, with whom we partner.With our Mongolian partners and U.S. entrepreneurs, we are building an international brand that showcases Mongolia’s extraordinary natural fibers that have been hand-combed by herding communities for centuries, and in this fashion we

HOW A GLOBETROTTING COUPLE BROUGHT SUSTAINABLE LUXURY MONGOLIAN TEXTILES TO THE US— AND DISCOVERED HOME IN THE ROARING FORK VALLEYNegative 40. Such was the sub-zero temperature when Betina Infante and her family arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the notoriously frigid capital city of Mongolia, during the dead of winter in 2007—straight from living in balmy Indonesia, no less.“I will never forget that,” she says, recalling her first days in the remote Asian nation with both humor and fondness. “It wasn’t