Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in. Joshimath sits at 6,150 feet, a height your body will generally tolerate without complaint. Auli’s top station is at 8,200 feet, where some travellers
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in. Joshimath sits at 6,150 feet, a height your body will generally tolerate without complaint. Auli’s top station is at 8,200 feet, where some travellers
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in. Kuari Pass sits at roughly 3,800 metres (12,500 feet) above the village of Dhak, itself a 20 to 30 minute drive from Joshimath. The
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in. Joshimath sits at 6,150 feet in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, at the junction of the roads to Badrinath, Auli, the Valley of Flowers
Here is how the Kuari Pass trek typically works when you book with an operator. You book online. You receive an itinerary PDF. Day 1: Arrive Joshimath. Check in to accommodation. Trek briefing
India has two ski resorts worth having a serious conversation about. Auli in Uttarakhand and Gulmarg in Kashmir. Everything else is a ski area — Solang Nullah near Manali, Narkanda in Himachal, Mundali
There are cable cars and there are cable cars. Most of them are a means to an end — a way of getting from the bottom of a mountain to the top without
Most travel guides to Joshimath spend three paragraphs on where to eat and none on what to eat. Which is a significant oversight, because Garhwali cuisine — the food of the hill communities
There is a particular type of travel experience that exists just beyond the obvious stopping point — the place that rewards the visitor who walks five kilometres further than everyone else. Vasudhara Falls
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and Tapovan is one of those places where the geology and the geography and the mythology have conspired to create something that most visitors
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and Badrinath is one of those places where getting the geography right before you arrive makes the difference between a darshan that happens by