10 Reasons Why Har Ki Dun Is A Better Trek

By Author: Moustache Escpaes
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It is also possible to do the Kedarkantha trek during the winter and summer seasons. But it is preferred only from December to March in the peak winter season. Because trekking and camping on snow is the biggest attraction on the Kedarkantha trek. It is true that during the winter season, when the whole trek route, campsites and all the mountains around are completely white and covered by snow, the Kedarkantha trek is very beautiful. It's just an ordinary trek without snow, and many experienced trekkers may not even do it, including me. It gives every season the same kind of experience and there is no change or variety in the experience.

Har Ki Dun, on the other hand, is an all-season trek that can be carried out in the winter season, summers, and also autumn during the post-monsoon months. The tyrek is beautiful in the monsoons, but it is due to the uncertainty of road travel that this trek in the monsoons is not done. Overall, Har Ki Dun trek is open every year for at least 8 months, though Kedarkantha trek is only enjoyable for winter ...
... and spring for about 4 months. The benefit we get because of this is that trekking to Har Ki Dun gives trekkers a completely different experience in different seasons.

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Under the Garhwal Himalayas, the entire area of the Sankri valley, Har Ki Dun trek and Kedarkantha trek. In this region, the Garhwal Himalayas have a sub-range called the sub-range of Saraswati. This Saraswati sub-range has Black Peak or Kalanag (6387 meters), Swargarohini mountain with 6 peaks (the highest at 6252 meters) and two Bandarpunch mountain peaks, some of the highest and most beautiful mountains in this region (tallest at 6316 meters). All these mountains are above 6000 meters and each one of them is amazingly beautiful and awe-inspiring.

All these mountains can be seen from the summit of Kedarkantha, but from a long distance away. The Har Ki Dun trek, on the other hand, takes you extremely close and right underneath these ranges. In fact, if you are walking from Har Ki Dun Valley towards Jaundhar Glacier, you are walking right next to the Swargarohini Mountains. Imagine how exciting it must be to go and view the same mountains from close proximity when you can't take your eyes off these giant Himalayan peaks from a distance. The experience is simply unsurpassable.

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They want to do it with at least some loneliness when anyone plans to do a trek in the Himalayas. Between trekking and other types of tourism activities, there is a distinction. If there are a few hundred individuals camping in the same place, trekking doesn't feel like trekking. This is exactly what happens during the peak winter season on the Kedarkantha trek. While the trek itself remains as beautiful as ever, it makes it less attractive unfortunately more popularity during a specific season and more crowd.

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In this region, the Har Ki Dun trail passes through several local villages. Taluka, Dhatmir, Gangad, Puoni, Seema and Osla are those villages. In this valley, Osla is the largest, most populous and the last village. Together, all these villages are called Borasu Villages. They have a local identity and culture that is very distinctive. One can experience a small slice of the local life while trekking through this route. The trekkers also pass through these villages' farmlands.

5. When viewed from the valley, these villages on the Har Ki Dun trek route look just as though they were hanging in the sky on the mountain side. These are very special villages and, even in the Himalayas, such villages are generally not seen anywhere else. The village of Osla is an attraction in itself, in particular. So this is another important thing on the Har Ki Dun trek that should not be skipped.

6. There's just so much variation in nature and scenery on the Har Ki Dun trek route that it feels and looks like a new trek, even though you do it more than once. As discussed in the first level, with changing seasons, the view of nature and the valley also shifts. The trail crosses the valley, the pine and deodar woods, the villages, the Har Ki Dun Gad (the valley's river stream) and the small bridges and mountain slopes of the river. The Har Ki Dun trail variations don't just end here.

7. Flora & Fauna:

The flora and fauna that can be encountered on the Har Ki Dun trek is also a significant benefit over the Kedarkantha trek. You drive from Sankri to Taluka, at the very beginning, through a very thick forest of pine, deodar, salt, oak and rhododendron. Next to the trail and across the villages, the same kind of thick forest persists to Osla and beyond. On the trail, you can see several walnut trees as well. In reality, the smaller plants, shrubs, bushes and wild flowers and berries are much more fascinating to the experienced eyes, not just the large trees seen on the trail.

8. Ruinsara Tal:

In the adjacent valley to Har Ki Dun valley is Ruinsara Tal. Ruinsara lake is largely unknown, but a visit is completely worthwhile. With Swargarohini, Kalanag and Bandarpunch mountains in its vicinity, it is a large Himalayan lake. The lake becomes frozen during the winter season. This lake is also en route to Yamunotri on the Bali Pass trek route. With Har Ki Dun trek, the chance to go visit and camp at Ruinsara Tal must never be missed. This is possibly the most beautiful place to camp in both the valleys of Har Ki Dun and Ruinsara in this entire area. It is not possible to explain its beauty in words, it can only be witnessed.

9. Jaundhar glacier:

You must see it at least once if you have never seen a glacier before. We trek about 3 KMs in front of Har Ki Dun Valley and enter the viewpoint of the Jaundhar Glacier. We can see the Jaundhar Glacier very clearly from here. You will never be able to forget the view of this huge moving river of ice stretched over a length of several kilometers and surrounded by high mountains.

10. Camping:

There are several different places available for camping on the entire Har Ki Dun trek route. These sites are in the valley by the river or higher up on the mountain slopes in a flat environment. Some areas are totally surrounded by dense forest cover, including Kalkati dhar and Boslo. Camping near Ruinsara Tal is the best camping experience in the entire area if you are trekking to the neighboring Ruinsara Valley. Besides this, often in Osla and Gangad, it is also possible to remain in local village homestays.

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