“Dude! How was it??” They’ll ask you when you get back from your trek. “Everything was perfect! We had no problems or challenges and everything was pretty easy.” That i...
Read More"A tiny jade oval concealed in a fold almost at the top of a sheer ridge, that drops down on its far side to the glacier whence the river Nandakini issues." Bill Aitken, the famed Indian travel writer, describes this in a poetic vein, the high...
Read More“Dude! How was it??” They’ll ask you when you get back from your trek. “Everything was perfect! We had no problems or challenges and everything was pretty easy.” That i...
Read MoreLet’s be honest- Roop Kund trek is definitely doable on your own. There are lots of trekkers so you won’t be isolated, dhabas along the way if your food supply runs low and rentable semi-...
Read MoreHello, Ms. Roopkund! You live at 16000 feet above sea level, smiling beautifully at whoever comes to see you, playing riddles with whoever tries to reveal your secrets and showing only what you want u...
Read MoreYes, there are skeletons mysteriously-strewn around this infamous lake. No, we still don't know where they came from or why they're there. Yes, after careful observation of the thousands of trekkers...
Read More“How was your trek?” Ah, the notorious question that all trekkers dread when they return to civilization. Loosely, it translates for us into something more like “tell me about this ...
Read MoreImagine a frozen lake which, upon melting each year, reveals the unnerving sight of the mortal remains of hundreds of people? Covered in snow and surrounded by rocky glaciers, the Roopkund lake appear...
Read MorePlease Note: Due to the recent ban by the Hon'ble High Court Of Uttarakhand on camping in high altitude bugyals(meadows), Roopkund trek is currently not being operated. Here are a few altern...
Read MoreIt was the December of 2015 when I gathered up the courage to venture out, just days from becoming a 19 year old, to trek with BIkat. It rained through the night, while I tried to get some sleep in th...
Read MoreIt was late evening. we had reached Lohjung ,the base point of Roopkund trek. With 8 hours of bus journey from Delhi to Haldwani & 12 hours of hopping one taxi after the other from Haldwani to Loh...
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