Trek Himachal

Bada Bhangal

Description- A challenging, long trek to perhaps the remotest village culture in Himachal across 2 passes along an ancient route

Look out for- Bada Bhangal (the village itself), high pass views, lakes near the passes, monsoon flowers, meadows, just too many things to name here.

Start Point – Bir (N32 02.633 E76 43.537, 1525 mts), District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

End Point – Sangchar (N32 09.973 E77 09.064, 2415 mts), District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India

Highest Point(s) - Thamsar Pass (N32 13.558 E76 46.665, 4747 mts), District Kangra & Kaliheni pass (N32 13.183 E77 02.964, 4844 mts), District Kangra/Kullu

Lowest Point - Bir, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

Difficulty Level – Very Hard: 2 high passes with discernible shortage of oxygen, long duration, heavy loads to carry for rations, freezing waist/chest deep stream crossings.

No of days - 12-14

Sample Itinerary

Day	Start Point	End Point	Stay Options
1	Bir	Billing	Camp Site, FRH Billing
2	Billing	Plachek	Camp Site, FRH Plachek
3	Plachek	Panhartoo	Camp Site
4	Panhartoo	Bhedpal	Camp Site
5	Bhedpal	Marhu	Camp Site
6	Marhu	Bada Bhangal	Camp Site, FRH Bada Bhangal, village
7	Bada Bhangal	Sunni Thach	Camp Site, Shepherd Huts
8	Sunni Thach	Lumba Padh	Camp Site, Shepherd Huts
9	Lunba Padh	Devi ka Marh	Camp Site, Shepherd Huts
10	Devi ka Marh	Theli	Camp Site
11	Theli	Riyali Thach	Camp Site
12	Riyali Thach	Sangchar	Village, Manali/Kullu

Trek Profile

Attached aside is an elevation profile of this trek. The X Axis of the graph shows the horizontal distance while the Y Axis shows the elevation. All the major waypoints on the trek have been plotted on this graph along with their elevations. The distance between waypoints along with the approximate 'moving time' between each waypoint has also been provided. This assumes a moderate walking pace with no stops at all.

The graph has been created using the GPX file of the track data for this trek and manually inserting the waypoints at the relevant places. Click on the image beside to get a larger image. To save or print the image, right click-->save as once the large image opens.

To read more about my experience on this trek, click here.

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