Dhauladhar Base Trek (W1/3)
Description- An unconventional winter trek along the bases of the higher Dhauladhars through Kareri Lake including stay in various shepherd huts.
Look out for- Sunset from Guna Temple, Kareri Lake, basin of the Baleni rivulet from Dhaledh.
Start Point – Dharamkot (N32 14.712 E76 19.557, 1897 mts), District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
End Point – Naddi (N32 14.974 E76 18.466, 1923 mts), District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Highest Point - Kareri Lake(N32 19.605 E76 16.445, 2996 mts), District Kangra, India
Lowest Point - Rava (N32 16.402 E76 17.931, 1456 mts), District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Difficulty Level – Moderate: Below freezing temperatures in winter and a steep slope up to Kareri Lake.
No of days - 5-7
Sample Itinerary
| Day | Start Point | End Point | Stay Options |
| 1 | Dharamkot | Guna Mata | Guna Temple Huts |
| 2 | Guna Mata | Nauhli | Camp Site |
| 3 | Nauhli | Dhaledh | Sujo's Huts, Camp Site |
| 4 | Dhaledh | Sheetla Mata/Kareri | Sheetla Mata Hut, FRH Kareri, Camp Site |
| 5 | Sheetla Mata | Talnu | McLeodGanj |
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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Program for treckers generate topographic
profile in a few seconds:
http://www.geocontext.org/publ/2010/04/profiler/en
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