Author: Venkatachari Sathyanarayan
Temso – A High Altitude Sacred Lake in Kinnaur
Temso (also spelled as Tem Tso) is a sacred glacier fed lake located high (4979 meters) above Lippa and Labrang villages of Kinnaur. Each year, on 20 bhado, a flower festival — called Fluiach/Ukhayang/Minthko — is celebrated by the villagers of Lippa, Labarang, Kanam and Ropa valley at the shores of this Lake. The Tibetan…
Khimloga (Khimlay) Pass Recce From Chitkul Side
Khimloga or Khimlay pass; it is no longer used by the Shepherds and traders. It is an old trade route between Lewari (Uttarakhand) and Chitkul in the Baspa Valley or Sangla Valley. We enquired with the locals about this pass, but no one seemed to have crossed it. One of the locals said that earlier…
Borasu Pass Trek Log (Har-ki-Dun to Chitkul Traverse)
On June 30th Kamal and I took a bus from Mussoorie to reach Sankri. We reached Sankri by 4PM. No jeep was available to Taluka village — the last village before Borasu pass — because of the rains. So we walked from Sankri — the last village having electricity supply — to Taluka for a…
Parang-La Pass Trek Log
On my return to Mud village of Spiti valley (from the Pin-Parvati trek), I was surprised to find Simon, a traveller from the UK (Birmingham), still staying at Mud. He was there for the past 10 days. The next day, on 4th Aug, after an early breakfast, I caught the 7 AM bus (along with…
Manirang Pass Trek Log
Manirang Pass Trek Itinerary Day 1: Mud Village to Mane. Mane village to Manirang base camp 2nd of August Took a bus from Mud village to Mane village. Trekked to Manirang Base camp near Mor Nala (a stream or rivulet). Coordinates (lat 31.97792N, long 78.31715E). Day 2: Manirang base camp to advance base camp 3rd…
