The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek is considered
as the most beautiful Trek in India. As the name suggests, this trek is located
in Kashmir. It is situated 75kms in Kashmir. The trek is a 7 day long trek that
comes in a moderately difficult category. This trek is not meant for beginners
who haven't tried trekking.
Kashmir is a beautiful place located in the
North of India. It is also called "The Paradise on Earth". Kashmir
Great Lakes Trek is the most beautiful Trek of North India as it exposes
the vast meadows, snow covered mountain peaks and alpine Lakes of the Himalayan
range. More than 2000 Alpine Lakes are present in Jammu and Kashmir, but many
of them are not accessible due to some reasons. This fascinating journey starts
at an elevation of 2700m above the sea level. The trek provides spectacular
views of the surroundings from the start itself.
Highlights
of Kashmir Great Lakes Trek
The Kashmir Lake Trek has become one of the
most coveted treks by trekkers. The best time to go on this trek is the monsoon
season. This is a 7 day long trek that gives one even more reason to call
Kashmir as "The Paradise on Earth ".
A distance of 75kms is covered during this trek. Fascinating alpine
Lakes, meadows and tiny wildflowers can
be seen everywhere during the trek. Locals call this trek as Jannat-e-Kashmir.
Each day of the trek will lead you to many
picturesque views of nature. Many
postcard-perfect alpine Lakes and many more. The Lakes look even prettier when
the snow patches cover the Lakes. You'll get to see a variety of meadows on
this trek. These meadows are found in many different shapes and sizes.
This trek consists of not just one but 7 Alpine
Lakes in Kashmir. Each day trekkers get to visit one Lake. The campsites are
located on such places from where the trekkers can enjoy the picturesque views
of the Valley. They are set at such places where the trekkers are mesmerized
and love to be there.
The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek to a divine
trip of the Paradise on Earth. This trek takes you to the never before scenes
of Kashmir. In this trek you'll trek across three high altitude passes, five
river valley crossings, five river valley crossings and 7 Alpine Lakes. Every
day of the trek takes you to a new verse of magnificence of nature. The endless
blue sky, rugged mountains, meadows full of wildflowers are the stars of the
trek.
Climbing to an altitude of 4,206m, this is
almost a high altitude trek. Trekkers have to follow the trails that switch
between ascends and descends and make the navigation easy. The only thing that
makes the trek difficult is the distance to be covered. Everyday, trekkers have
to cover at least 10kms to complete the trek in expected time. It sometimes
becomes hard for trekkers to cover this. So, this trek is recommended for
experienced trekkers. The trek is best for people who haven't yet tried
trekking on the Himalayas. This trek can be a great start for such people.
The best time to go for this trek is from
June to September, that is the monsoon season.
The
trails
The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek is just not
magnificent in the views but also straightforward for trekkers to navigate. The
trails easily switch between ascent and descent all over the trek. A day in
trekking this will take you ascending to a Lake and later to the campsite
that's located descending on the opposite side of the mountain. The trails are
not difficult to follow, and are quite easy to navigate. The weather is simply
lovely during the monsoons, so it is quite easy to trek and the weather rarely
turns bad.
Even if the trek is beautiful and the
trails are easy to follow, the thing that makes the trek difficult is the
distance to be covered in the trek. A distance of 70kms has to be covered in
the span of 7 days. The trek altogether is beautiful but the distance makes it
difficult to complete. Trekkers have to cover at least 10kms each day to
complete the trek in time. Trekking for such a long distance on high altitudes
makes it difficult. So, the trek isn't recommended for first timers or trekkers
with less experience, but for experienced trekkers. You have to keep a special
care of your health before the trek. Exercise has to be done daily at least
from a month before the trek to have enough energy to travel this heavy
distance. You need a good lung and leg capacity for this trek, so that you can
cover the distance with ease.
So, what do you think, can you go up for
this challenging yet magnificent trek of the Kashmir Great Lakes and explore
the beauty of Kashmir? Do not just look at the difficulty of this trek, but
also the beauty you'll get to see in this trek. The trek is going to be full of
surprises and these surprises will be for sure worth it for the hard work you
did to reach the Lakes in the trek.