Nanda Devi Outer Sanctuary Trek (Page-2)
Day 4: To Saini-Kharak and back 18th June 2010 - Day-4: Today morning we got up early at 5:00AM to view the ND West-Rim peaks. Initially there was some wispy clouds; but soon with more sun they cleared out to give some crystal clear views of the snow peaks, ringing the ND Sanctuary on its western rim.   Close-up of Ronti ( 'Jaws' look) & a bit of Nanda-Ghunti behind that After breakfast at 7:20AM we set out for Saini-Kharak, another ridge, just to east of us. It was just 3 KM away one way. There we would get more direct view up the Rishi Ganga gorge/valley and see Nanda-Devi at the head of valley. Sonu and Raghuveer accompanied us.     We walked over a huge stretch of boulders and stones piled up on the ridge for a further 1KM, but even though Sonu suggested we can go further down the ridge, to see the Rishi Ganga Gorge from a different angle, we decided that we were quite satisfied with what we had seen and so by 9:30AM we started back. On the way back we saw so many wildflowers and even some colorful butterflies that Sonu chased with my camera to catch it. We were back in our log-hut by 10:30AM   Views from trail during return trek to Lata-Kharak  More wildflowers  |  Bethartoli Himal (6352m) from Lata Kharak - as the morning sun rays lights up its bowl shape  Sun rise on Hathi Parvat , 6727m (east face) at Lata Kharak (SK-pic)  Little later Bethartoli (L) and the Ridge leading to Trishul (R)    Zoomed Devistan II (6729m) & Devistan I (6678m) from Saini Kharak  Bethartoli Himal from Saini Kharak. The ridge on the right behind Bethartoli is part of Trishul (not visible from Saini - Pic by SK)    Views from trail during return trek to Lata-Kharak  Views from trail during return trek to Lata-Kharak |