Lakes

My Favorite Pictures of Lakes

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Pic-1 (below): Pangong-Tso Lake in Ladakh, J&K. The bluish-green brackish water lake in Ladakh the largest in Asia is 130 kms long and is partly in Tibet and partly in India.

Pic-2 (below): Deepak Tal Lake, 16 Kms from Darcha and 3 Kms from Patseo, is a beautiful lake in a frozen ice and snow setting by the side of the Leh-to- Manali "Himalayan Highway".

Pic-3 (below): The beautiful Lake at Nako Village ... with Leo Purgyal (6791M) peak in background .... Himachal Pradesh, India.

Some beautiful lakes from the Canadian Rockies:

Pic-4 (below): Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies .... with The Chateau Lake Louise the luxury hotel on the lake, that can accomodate 1000 guests.

Pic-5 (below): Peyto Lake in the Canadian Rockies. Named after a trail guide and park warden "Wild Bill" Peyto, it is the 5th largest lake in the Banff National Park.

Pic-6 (below): Moraine Lake nestled in the valley of Ten Peaks in the Canadian Rockies.

Pic-7 (below): Three Valley Lake .... named by a railway Surveyor, Walter Moberley, who camped here in August 1865, to find a route for the railway line. You can see a row of 3 red wagons of a 100+ train of Canadian Pacific, on the right edge of picture.