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Re: FAMOUS GLACIERS & VALLEYS OF UTTARAKHAND HIMALAYS !!!!
« Reply #50 on: February 05, 2009, 04:54:22 PM »
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Re: FAMOUS GLACIERS & VALLEYS OF UTTARAKHAND HIMALAYS !!!!
« Reply #51 on: May 03, 2009, 09:05:17 PM »
Khatling Glacier  :

his lateral glacier situtated in Tehri district is the source of river Bhilangna. The glacier is surrounded by snow peaks of the Jogin group (6466 m), Sphetic Pristwar (6905 m), Barte Kauter (6579 m), Kirti Stambh (6902 m) and Meru. The moraines on the side of the glaciers look like standing walls of gravel mud.

The trek which starts from Ghuttu is easily approachable by motor from Dehradun, Tehri, Mussoorie and the Rishikesh railhead. One has to trek about 45 km and pass through remote villages with thick kharsao forest and wide open beautiful lush grassy meadows. The entry to the Bhilangna valley provides excellent spots for camping. Tents and adequate provisions need to be arranged in advance from Rishikesh, Tehri and Dehradun.

Trek
Base Camp Ghuttu

  Ghuttu to Reeh 10 km,
  Reeh to Gangi 10 km,
  Gangi to Kalyani 5 km,
  Kalyani to Bhelbagi 13 km,
  Bhelbagi to Khatling 7 km.

By Road

  Ghuttu to Tehri 64 km,
  Tehri to Rishikesh 83 km.






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Re: FAMOUS GLACIERS & VALLEYS OF UTTARAKHAND HIMALAYS !!!!
« Reply #52 on: May 03, 2009, 09:07:01 PM »
The trek for Khatling glacier starts from Ghuttu, wpeA.jpg (9970 bytes)a place about 62 kms. from Tehri. There is a P.W.D. Inspection house and a Tourist Rest House at ghuttu. The other important places enroute are Reeh, Gangi, Kalyani & Bhomakgufa. At Reeh & Gangi Tourist Rest Houses are available. Gangi is the last village beyond which no facilities of any kind are available and one has to make its own arrangements. The singht of the khatling glacier is most spectacular and alluring. From here Masartal is 7 kms. The route further goes up to basukital and from there to Kedarnath.


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Khatling Glacier Trek

GHUTTU/GANGI
From Ghuttu the trek begins. The trail initially cuts through terraed first to Deolang village. From there it's an easy 1.30 hours climb through the forest to Reeh Channi village and a step climb for an hour to Buranschauri. From Buranschuari its a two hour climb to Gangi village at 2585 mts.
Trek time : 5 hours.



GANGI/KHARSALI 3110 mts.
The trail drops initially for an hour to Deokhri Channi, another winter settlement for the villagers from Gangi. From there its half an hour through the forest to where the trail forks, just beyond the Kalyani stream. The left trail leads to Sahastratal lake 4872 mts. which the trail to Khatling continues straight an open area known locally as Birodh. Legend has it that this place was either the site of the old Gangi village or a meeting place for all the Bhilong villagers. From here it is two hours to Kharsali, which is a large meadow surrounded by giant conifers and Oaks, and an ideal camping place. Overnight in camp.
Trek time : 5 hours.

 KHARSALI/BHEDIKHARG 3700 mts.
Cross the bridge over the Kharsali stream and continue further along the forest track to Bhelbagi. Trail follows the river for about two Km. then rises steeply through thick bush passing Bhumkodaar cave to the left of the trail. A further 2 to 3 km. of climbing brings you to Tamakund cave in an area known for its Wild flowers. From there it is just an hour walk to another good camping ground at Bhedikharg.
Trek time : 6 hours.

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AROUND KHATLING GLACIER
is 11 km. beyond Bhedikharg and it takes a full day to get to the glacier and back. There are a number of spectacular hanging glacier above the main glaciel floor and good view of the peaks.

BHEDIKLANG/GANGI
Retrace steeps to Gangi.

 GANGI/GHUTTU
Retrace steeps to Ghuttu.

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Roop Kund Trek UTTARANCHAL INDIA


Roopkund it is then, i dont know how i decided on this, definately the photos and the blogs on the internet (although there ar'nt too many) but i am not a trekking guy but this trek was fun and "tough".

I did not know the guys i was to head out with, met them through BCMT forum on the internet, the plan seemed good and they needed a partner, i jumped in. Such trips are difficult to plan, not in terms of logistics, but if you are going with "KNOWN" friends: not everyone is free, some have wives ,some tough jobs etc etc. and the window of the trek throughout the year is very small. June to September. And to reach Roopkund, is not gauranteed ... it all depends on how merciful the whether gods are at that point in time.

Roopkund is a tough trek, and the whether makes it tougher, we were prepared with an ice axe and rope. The guy who planned the trip was out at the last moment, thanks to the financial cricis in the US, yeah its a small world these days imagine the odds of that affecting my trek, and i was a bit uneasy, damm. When you are "part" of the plan you can only say ....damm ;-).

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Roopkund is situated in Chamoli district of garhwal. The road head for roopkund is lohajung 155km from Almora, 217km from nainital and 235km from Kathgodam. Roopkund situated at a height of 5029m in the lap of Trishuli massif. This area is usually called is the ‘mystery lake’, since human skeletons and remains of horses from the poleolithic age were found here.




The lake is surrounded by rock-strewn glacier and snow clad peaks. The starting point of the trek is lohajung, easily approached by motor from Almora. Roopkund can also be reached by ghat, connected by a motorable road with Nanda Prayag situated on the

   Roopkund Trekking
main highway of Badrinath. The trek of Roopkund passes through lushgreen grassy land and conifer forest clining into the sloper of hills. The trek thereafter winds its way along the pindar river. Then to round off this trek, one can approach hemkund via Shail Samundras glacier and then move on ghat.

 Bedni bugyal and Bhagwawasa are the most beautiful places in this trek. You must found lots of “Bramhakamal” near Bhawawara. The best time of come here is last week of August to last week of October. You must have 8 days to trekking for Roopkund. It is a 40km trek from road head.

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The best Himalayan adventure you’ll ever do…

If you love trekking and haven’t done the Roopkund trek, then you need to start planning for it right away. It is a trek that is a must-do. Read mor about it here



It’s got everything going for it. Deep virgin forests, gurgling brooks, breath-taking campsites, miles of undulating meadows, snow, ice and trails that snake through steep mountainsides. There’s also the taste of a great adventure as you climb from 8,000 ft to 17,000 ft in 4 days. And admits the adventure is the haunting mystery of the Roopkund lake. It is no surprise that the Roopkund trek is rated by the Indiahikes team in the top 3 treks of the Indian Himalayas.



Roopkund is tucked away in the higher reaches of the greater Himalayas in Uttarakhand, India. It takes a full day of driving through the heart of the Himalayas to reach the base camp of the Roopkund trek at Loharjung.

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When ice melts in the glacial tarn of Roopkund, located 5,000 metres above sea level in Chamoli district, Uttaranchal, hundreds of corpses can be seen floating. Thus gets exposed a mystery that dates back to more than 60 years and has begun to be understood only recently.




In 1942, a forest guard chanced upon hundreds of skeletons at this tarn. The remains have intrigued anthropologists, scientists, historians and the local people ever since. Who were these people? What were they doing in the inhospitable regions of the Garhwal Himalaya? Many speculated, initially, that the remains were those of Japanese soldiers who had sneaked into the area, and had then perished to the ravages of the inhospitable terrain.

Those were World War II times and even the slightest mention of a Japanese invasion was bound to throw the area’s British administrators into the tizzy.


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The matter was investigated and the speculation was put to rest: the corpses were said to date back to at least a century. But nobody knew when exactly. Some British explorers to Roopkund, and many scholars attribute the bones to General Zorawar Singh of Kashmir, and his men, who are said to have lost their way and perished in the high Himalayas, on their return journey after the Battle of Tibet in 1841.



But radio-carbon tests on the corpses in the 1960s belied this theory. The tests vaguely indicated that the skeletons could date back to anytime between the 12th and 15th centuries ad. This led many historians to link the corpses to an unsuccessful attack by Mohammad Tughlak on the Garhwal Himalaya. Still others believed that the remains were of those of victims of an unknown epidemic. Some anthropologists also put forward a theory of ritual suicide.



Local folklore has it that in medieval times, king Jasdhawal of Kanauj wanted to celebrate the birth of an heir by undertaking a pilgrimage to the Nanda-Devi mountains in the Garhwal Himalaya. However, he disregarded the rules of pilgrimage by boisterous singing and dancing. The entourage earned the wrath of the local deity, Latu. They were caught in a terrible hailstorm and were thrown into the Roopkund lake.



 

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