Garhwal Himal Trek, October, 2004
We traveled to northern India into the high mountains of the Garhwal Himal for a 14-day trek. The weather was somewhat spotty with blue sky mornings and showers in the afternoon. A large snowstorm hit the area as we crossed our first high pass at over 15,000 ft and stayed with us until we spent a couple of nights in the town of Gangotri. There was too much snow for us to complete our trek over the Kalindi Pass at 19,000 ft. However, we were able to hike up the Bhagirathi Valley to the source of the Ganges River at Gaumukh. We had great weather along the way but there was too much snow to go much further than to Tapovan and back. We had some rest days and a raft trip along the Ganges River near Rishikesh to fill in the time. We ended our trip with a visit to Ranthambore National Park and its tigers near Agra.
Amaranthus Fields
Agoda Camp
Dodital Temple
Sonpara Pass
Bandarpunch Mountains
Bin Ghat Crossing
Bin Ghat Valley
Bin Ghat Bridge
High Camp
Bamsaru Khal
(3-Try Pass)
Snow Camp
Steep Descent
Mary Jane Camp
Snow in Gangotri!
Warm Hotel Room!
Gangotri Shrine
Gangotri
Bhagirathi River
Gangotri NP
Chirabasa Camp
Nearing Gaumukh
Cover
Gaumukh Camp
Bhagirathi Peaks
Gaumukh Sadhu
Climb up to Tapovan
Tapovan Camp
Blue Ram
Gangotri Glacier View
Descent from Tapovan
Return to Gangotri
Bhagirathi Valley View
Pay Day!
Basking Lizard
Park Entrance
Accident!
Ganges River Crossing
River Camp
Ganges River Rafts
Ganges River Rafts
Rishikesh Temple
Rishikesh Sadhu
Dussehra Festival!
Aarti Lamp Ceremony
Ranthambore Jackal
Sambar Deer
Chital
Black Buck
Tigers!
Tiger!
Ranthambore Tiger Sighting
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