78 U'kashi & Manali Treks

Day-treks in and around around Uttarkashi (UK) and Manali (HP) of India

Background, Trek Summary, Pictures and Videos of the these Treks:

View looking North . . . . from Trail above Uttarkashi Homestay

Background

For last several years we (wife and me) travelled to USA (LA and Seattle) to visit our sons there and thus avoided two hot summer months of April-May in India. But in 2023, we had decided to stay put and see if we can re-adjust to the summer heat here. Unfortunately, 2023 was the wrong year to try this. The heat wave in 2023, was the worst in last many years in Mumbai and all over North India .

So in April 23 , when the heat became unbearable we suddenly decided to do a "Uttarkashi/Harsil /Gangotri /Nelang Valley " trip to avoid the heat. We flew to Dehra Dun and my Old friend Tilak Soni picked us up from Jolly Grant Airport in his mini-Van and we went to stay for 4 nights in his Homestay on the banks of Bhagirathi river near the "Thekla Bridge" in Uttarkashi. The Tempertaure was a cool range of 10 *C to 20*C and we enjoyed the huge hospitality of Tilak-bhai 's GH and the awesome food cooked by him, in his restaurant, The Food Habit (TFH). We had a wonderful stay there.

While we were there I took Tilak's guidance to do 4-5 different treks; all starting from his GH. All these 5 treks were posted on my FB-wall, each day, with some pics, videos and a GPS tracks walked. Here I have just embedded those FB posts below & across. If you click on any of those you will be taken to the FB posts in detail.

Uttarkashi Treks & Harsil, Gangotri & Nelang Valley trip

Upper Manali - Day treks

We ended our Uttarkashi trip on 3rd May and returned to Mumbai. However the heat wve in Mumbai was still strong and unbearable.

So again I decide to go (alone) to Manali to do some day-treks there in the cool (10 to 20*C ) weather. An old trekking friend " Giri Baba" (also from Thane) and who had worked many years as a Manager-Guide in a Manali based Trekking company, gave me reference of a Home Stay GH in Manali, run by his former colleague, Labhu-ji, a trekking guide. A booked a Room in his GH, which was in upper Manali near the Hadimba Temple next to the Manali Museum.

I reached Manali on 19th May and stayed in that Mountain Lodge GH for about a week and didi several day treks in Upper Manali region as guided by Labhuji. It was an enjoyable stay there and the treks were awesome. I was worried there would be heavy tourist crowd in Manali but they were all down in the town areas below and the trails were empty .

I did several treks in and around Manali and of those 3 treks were posted on my FB-wall, each day, with some pics, videos and a GPS tracks walked. Here I have just embedded those FB posts below & across. If you click on any of those you will be taken to the FB posts in detail.

Day-wise Itinerary (Actual)

23rd April to 3rd May 2023 - Uttarkashi, Harsil, Nelang Valley and Gangotri trip

19th to 25th May 2023 - Manali area treks

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