Introduction
Chopta Chandrashila Tungnath Trek with Deorital
The Chopta Chandrashila journey starts at the Sari village, which is also the base camp of this Trek. The Chopta Chandrashila top is standing at a height of 13000 feet above sea level. In order to reach Sari, you can take either a bus route or a train from Haridwar. After you reach the base camp, you can rest in the village for that day and start your trekking in Chopta with full energy the next day.
On the next day, you will trek for 3 hours in order to reach the first base camp called Deoria Tal Lake. While trekking, you must be careful as it would be a steep ascent. The next day would be the longest of all as the trail that will pass through the Chaukhamba hill. It would now be a 17 kilometers trek crossing Rohini Bugyal along the Akash Kamini River, that would take 7-8 hours to reach Baniyakund. Finally, you would reach the Chandrashila top on the next day.
Indrahar Pass Trek
It is located in Himachal Pradesh at an altitude of about 4300 meters. Indrahar pass trek is a 4-day trek and the journey to the top starts at Dharamshala, which is a famous Buddhist place in Himachal Pradesh. From Dharamshala you need to trek along the road to McLeodganj, this you can either do by a car or trek along the road. But most of the people prefer to hire a cab till Gallu Temple and then start trekking.
Now, the difficulty level of the trek to Indrahar Pass is at moderate to difficult level considering its steepness and path. The trail starts at Gallumatha temple, which is the major congregation point. You will move to Triund, Snowline on the same day. Then after an overnight camp in Snowline, you will head towards Laka. Then you will reach Lahesh Caves and finally to Indrahar Pass. After this huge journey, one will surely feel the nature of Indrahar Pass.
Kuari Pass Trek
Kuari Pass Trek is considered as the beginners trek and is located in Uttarakhand. This trek needs at least 4 days as you will be covering about 21 kilometers of trail in the whole journey. On day 1, you can start from Rishikesh, in order to Joshimath, which is a 260 kilometers journey. From Joshimath you must reach Karchi, which is the base camp of Kuari pass. After reaching the village, you can look out for stay options in and around the village.
Then on the next day, you will be trekking for 2 to 3 kilometers to reach the next campsite called Gulling. This is the base camp, where you will be witnessing the first sightings of the Himalayas like Dronagiri etc. After camping in Gulling, you will start the trek for 5 kilometers in order to reach Kullara, which is the next campsite. The next day will be an amazing journey as you will be completing the trek with the successful view of the Kuari top.
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Hampta Pass Trek
Hampta Pass is part of Himachal Pradesh and the journey to the base camp starts from Prini to Jobri. On day 1, you can start the trek from Jobri to Jwara. While crossing the route you will find a beautiful place called Chika, where you can halt for sometime. After a difficult river cross, you will finally reach your first campsite called Jwara. And the most significant part of this camp is that the tree line ends here and you can expect very less denseness of the tree in the further travel and there are several waterfalls surrounding you along with the river.
On the next day, you will enroute to Balu Ka Ghera, which is 5 kilometers away. This would be one such camp where you will encounter the first sightings of snow. Trekking on the snow will reduce the speed of the trekking but you must also be careful of the slippery slope of the mountains. On the next day you will reach the final site of Hampta Pass by trekking on the snow-clad mountains.
But you must ensure that you start early in the morning at around 5am. This is important because you can have a better grip over the snow-clad land for trekking. If you start late, then the snow would be melted and slippery and you may also encounter avalanches. So the best time you must start to the Pass is early in the morning and completing the journey.
