Kareri Lake Minkaini Pass
Description- The original trek through Kareri Lake, passing a 4000+ metre Dhauldhar pass towards the five high altitude lakes, eventually ending in the shepherd land of Bharmour.
Look out for- Kareri Lake, Lam Dal and other lakes on the Chamba side, high Pir Panjals.
Start Point – Ghera (N32 15.893 E76 17.094, 1306 mts), District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
End Point – Dharbhala (N32 28.711 E76 17.460, 1273 mts), District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India
Highest Point - Minkaini Pass (N32 20.385 E76 17.516, 4061 mts), District Kangra/Chamba, India
Lowest Point - Dharbhala, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India
Difficulty Level – Easy.
No of days - 4-5
Sample Itinerary
| Day | Start Point | End Point | Stay Options |
| 1 | Ghera | Kareri | FRH Kareri, Camp Site, Village |
| 2 | Kareri | Kareri Lake | Camp site, temple rooms, huts |
| 3 | Kareri Lake | Lam Dal | Camp Site, Huts |
| 4 | Lam Dal | Darkund | FRH Darkund, village, camp site |
| 5 | Darkund | Dharbhala | Chamba/Bharmour |
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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