Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Great Lakes Trek or Kashmir Great Lakes Trek commercially known as Sonamarg-Vishansar-Naranag Trek [1] is an alpine himalayan high-altitude trek in the Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. [2] This is the most famous trek in Kashmir. The trek is usually completed in 6-7 days and is rated as moderate-difficult in terms of ...
The Krishansar Lake is situated 115 km. northeast from Srinagar and 35 km from Shitkadi Sonamarg.It can be accessed from Srinagar or Srinagar Airport [6] 80 km by road NH 1D up to village Shitkadi from which ponies can be hired to cover an alpine trek of 35 km to reach the Krishansar Lake, which takes a complete day of trekking passing Nichnai Pass of 4100 meters above sea level.
277 km (172 mi) Manaslu Circuit Trek, a 3-week loop trek through the adjacent range to the Annapurna region—the Manaslu region. (see Manaslu Circuit at WikiVoyage) The Great Himalaya Trail is a proposed 4,500 km (2,800 mi) trail from Namche Barwa, Tibet to Nanga Parbat, Pakistan, with sections in Bhutan, China, and India. It uses existing ...
The alpine meadow of Lidderwat lies at the halfway point of the two-day trek to the lake and happens to be mostly the basecamp for most of the trekkers. One could visit the lake and come back to his basecamp at Lidderwat in the same day. An alternate route leads through Ganderbal and a trekking starting point at Surfraw in the Sind Valley.
The skies are overcast. This is the time of “Chillai Kalan,” also called “The Great Winter,” a Kashmiri phrase that defines the harshest 40 days of cold in disputed Kashmir that commence ...
The gujjar shepherds can be seen during the trek with their flocks of sheep and goats. Another trek (25 kilometers long) leads to the lake site from Sonamarg via the Vishansar Lake crossing three mountain passes Nichnai pass, Gadsar pass and Zajibal pass of an average elevation of 4100 meters. [ 13 ]
A significant storm system moving through the eastern third of the country will help trigger another arctic blast, with at least 10 to 20 inches of snowfall expected downwind of the major Great Lakes.
Don’t forget to check the local forecast before you hit the road: Snowfall could snarl post-Thanksgiving travel plans as 16 million are under winter alerts across the Great Lakes and the Central ...