2-3 Litham
Pabbar Valley - Chandranahan Lake Trek
Day-2 Trek from Janglikh Village to Dayera meadow
Day-3 Trek from Dayera to Litham
Dayera - 11079 ft
N 31* 20.796' - E 78* 03.76'
16th Sept 2008: 7:30AM (Trek Day-2) We got up at 6:30am with bed tea supplied by Negi's cook and soon a hearty breakfast of egg-bhurji and toasts, which we had in the school balcony. By around 8:00 am we started the trek.
View on way to Dayera
Janglikh Villagers
Prem Singh Negi and Sriram
The trek was through some beautiful green meadows and forests and after about 5 hours trek we reached our campsite at Dayera at 1:00pm the porters fixed the 3 tents quickly and we relaxed in beautiful scenic meadow surrounded by many animals - sheep, goats, donkeys, dogs etc.
Arriving at Changchuu meadow
Pankaj Negi ..... our Local-Route-Guide from Janglikh at Dayera
Beautiful meadows with wildflowers on way to Dayera
Changchuu meadow (9866 ft) on way to Dayera
1:10 PM - Dayera Meadow comes up ahead (behind me in pic)
Our campsite with 3 tents set up and the kitchen started
17th Sept 2008: 6:30AM (Trek Day-3) We got up at 6:30am, it was a cold morning and we went to the kitchen fire and had our morning tea there. Later by 8:30am we ate hot aloo-parathas, with home-made pickles (by Maunish's mom in Mumbai). We pack up and start the trek to Litham by 9:00AM
Scenic greenery views ... from trail
We pass a huge herd of sheep on the Dayera meadow
View across valley at Dayera
Suzanne and Prakash ... resting at Dayera meadow
Horses of Dayera
Beautiful valley and the Buran Pass up there as we look towards Litham
Chandranahan Falls from stream we crossed to enter Litham Meadow
Crossing the rocky and gushing Chandranahan stream not easy and required a lot of careful balancing skill over boulders
Next day morning tea by the fire
View up the valley towards Litham
A spherical bloom at Dayera
Many streams and rubble-slides to cross between Dayera & Litham
Praksah, Suzanne, Sanghvi, Pankaj on way to Litham & Buran
Looking back towards Dayera
On the rubble of Chandranahan stream we had our pack lunch
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Litham - 11640 ft
N 31* 21.757' - E 78* 06.315'
On the other side of this stream was our Litham Camp site. We reached by 1:15PM but we had to wait for the porters to arrive with the tents. By 2:30 pm the tents were pitched and we could rest a bit. We had tea at 5:00PM and by about 5:30PM the rains strated. We were tent bound rest of the evening. We all got into one tent and exchanged various notes and stories on past treks. Praks told us about his aborted Everest climb, when he had crossed 8000M altitude but had to return due to bad weather. The rain continued the whole evening and that night.
