9 Trek Summary
A 7-day Trek to Milam Glacier from Chillamdhar-Munsiary in Uttarakhand.
[via the new High-level route, created after 2013 floods]
Google Earth Image ... Route Waypoints marked ... Rilkot to Milam
Return Home from Munsiary:
Next day, 27th Oct, I got up early at 5AM to catch my Shared-Jeep at 6:30AM to Haldwani. Managed to get some nice sunrise pics of Panchachuli and Raj-Rhamba from the GH Balcony. The skies were clear for a while till clouds moved in at 7AM.
The jeep came to pick me up a bit late and finally departed Munsiary at 7AM. My trek mates planned to stay another day in Munsiary before deciding their return to Bangalore. I reached Haldwani by 7PM and booked a seat for myself on a AC Bus of Uttarakhand Roadways leaving at 8:30PM.
Reached Delhi Anand-Vihar-ISBT at 3AM (28th Oct.) Went in an Auto to a Pahargunj Hotel to get a few hours sleep before catching my Flight to Mumbai at 1:00PM. I was able to reach home in time for Diwali on 29th October 2016.
Day-wise story in sub-pages below:
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I had not GPS-tracked this trek. But after reaching home I looked up our route on Google Earth and marked the major Waypoints from my memory. The KMZ/KML File "KS-Milam-2016" may be downloaded from Files D/L Page to view on Google Earth/
Pictures & Videos on Flickr: Milam-2016
First light of golden sun rays on Raj-Rambha snow peaks ... Zoomed view seen from Munsiary
Before sunrise view ... Panchachuli from Munsiary
Zoomed view of Hansling (needle-like on Right)
First sun rays on Panchachuli Main (6:20AM)
Trek Summary:
The Trek was great and we enjoyed it a lot. It turned out to be quite strenuous even though just 7 days. The Tipper Ride (though adventurous) cut off 4 days of our trek which was somewhat sad, as we were planning a long-trek!
And because we got such a clear view of Nanda Devi from the trail near Pachuu we were tempted to take the Tipper ride for the return journey too. Else we could have walked back on other side of valley covering Nanda-Devi Base Camp (with a night halt there in tent that we had carried) and not missed visiting the famous Martoli Village.
Of course, the biggest disappointment was not doing the AKOP-Trek; the original plan for which we had gone all the way from Mumbai/Bangalore to the North-East corner of Uttarakhand.
And a personal point: After doing many nice Teahouse treks in Nepal, I am finding these rugged-but-basic Teahouses of Indian treks not enjoyable anymore. Maybe it has something to do with my advancing age! So towards the end of this, I was feeling this could well be my last Indian Himalayas trek! Lets see.