Sunday 05th of September 2010

How to get to the base camp of the Roopkund trek

Lohajung (2520 mts, 8268 ft) is your base camp for the trek. Lohajung, in Chamoli district is in the interiors of Uttarakhand.

Getting to Loharjung: From Old Delhi station, take the Ranikhet Express that leaves at 10.40 in the night. It will get you to Kathgodam which is its final stop at around 6 am.

Indiahikes can arrange for a pick up from the Kathgodam railway station. The route to Lohajung is via Almora - Gwaldam - Tharali - Debal - Mundoli - Lohajung (many Sumo drivers may not know this).

If you are unable to get a ticket on the Ranikhet express, take a bus from Anand Vihar ISBT to either Haldwani or Kathgodam. You can negotiate a Sumo to Lohajung for Rs 4000. 

Alternate route: From Delhi get to Rishikesh/Haridwar and hire a Sumo to Lohajung. The route would be through Devprayag - Srinagar - Rudraprayag - Karanprayag - turn right to Tharali - Debal - Mundoli - Lohajung.  

By bus: If you would like to save costs then a combination of bus and shared jeeps is a good option. Take the first early morning bus out of Rishikesh that is heading to Badrinath. By mid-afternoon you should be at Karanprayag. Get down here and take any bus to Tharali (any bus/jeep to Gwaldam will go via Tharali). If bus is hard to come by, take a shared jeep (available near the Karanprayag bus stand). Tharali is by the Pindar river and is about 44 kms from Karanprayag (2 hrs). From Tharali you won't get much of bus options, you get shared jeeps that can take you to Debal. From Debal take another jeep to Lohajung.

There is a direct bus from Rishikesh private bus stand that goes to Mundoli/Lohajung. It leaves Rishikesh at 4 am. Alternatively there is a direct bus from Delhi to Mundoli/Lohajung. It leaves Delhi Anand Vihar terminal at 9.15 pm, arrives at Kathgodam at 4 am and reaches Lohajung at 5.30 in the evening.

 

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Trek Itinerary

Day 1: Pick up from Kathgodam Railway station at 6 a.m.

Whole day drive to Loharjung base camp. Night stay at Loharjung

Day 2: Trek starts. Loharjung to Didana

Day 3: Didna to Bedni Bugyal (via Ali Bugyal)

Day 4: Bedni Bugyal to Ghora Lotani

Day 5: Ghora Lotani to Bhagwabasa

Day 6: Bhagwabasa to Roopkund and back to Bedni Bugyal

Day 7: Bedni Bugyal to Loharjung via Wan

Day 8: Depart for Kathgodam. Approximate arrival time at Kathgodam : 6 - 7 pm.

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