Altitude: 12500 ft (Gadsar camp-site) to 12000 ft (Satsar camp-site) Distance & Time: ~12 kms and ~7 hours By now, we had experienced 3 out of 7 alpine lakes (Read more here: Vishnusar Lake to Gadsar: Via Kishansar Lake and Gadsar Lake) that fall on KGL trek route and today was the day to explore two […]
Altitude: 12,000 ft (Vishnusar Lake) to 12500 ft (Camp-site) via 13800 ft (Gadsar Pass) Distance & Time: ~10 kms and ~7 hours After experiencing Vishnusar lake (Read more: Kashmir Great Lakes Trek Day 3: Nichnai to Vishnusar Lake), first of seven alpine lakes, this turns out to be the most difficult of all trek days. This day, you […]
Altitude: 11,948 ft ( Nichnai Camp-site) to 12,000 ft (Vishnusar Lake) via Nichnai Pass (13,500 feet) Distance & Time: ~12 kms and ~8 hours A night prior, Akshay (our Team Lead) had asked all of us to wake up early so that we could start our next day trekking to Vishnusar Lake on time. We […]
Altitude: 7,800 ft (Shitkadi Camp-site) to 11,948 ft ( Nichnai Camp-site) Distance & Time: ~10 kms and ~7 hours After an overnight stay at Shitkadi (Read More here: Kashmir Great Lakes Trek Day 1: Shitkadi Base Camp), we were excited to start with first day action of our trek to Nichnai. With every-one setting up things […]