Trek Himachal

Trans Zanskar I

Description- Part I of the very well known and advertized Trans Zanskar trek from Padum in Zanskar to Darcha in Himachal with villages, homestays and tea tents all along the way.

Look out for- Zanskar, Phukthar Gompa, Zanskar, Ki Village, Zanskar, mountains that seem to change colour, Zanskar, lake atop ShingoLa, Zanskar.

Start Point – Padum (N33 27.605 E76 52.800, 3601 mts), District Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir, India

End Point – Chikka/Rarik (N32 42.684 E77 10.247, 3598 mts), District Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India

Highest Point - Shingo La (N32 54.525 E77 12.017, 5056 mts)

Lowest Point - Chikka/Rarik, District Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India

Difficulty Level – Moderate: High pass and long distance overcompensated by a simple trail, villages, homestays, availability of food, relatively high trekking traffic and minimal gradient.

No of days - 8-10

Sample Itinerary

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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