Milam Glacier in June 2007

Hi ,
We are a group of 5 and we will be visiting Milam Glacier in early June 2007 .
After some valuable suggestions from the trekkers of this forum I have decided on this itinerary


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June 1 Friday Day 1: Bangalore/Calcutta ---- Delhi –Katgodam (catch train at night)



June 2 Saturday Day 2 :Katgodam -Munsyari, 2300m, 261 km Night Halt

June 3 Sunday Day 3: Munisiyari - Darkot, 1700m, 15km (1hr by bus/jeep)
Darkot -Liliam, 1900m, 7km (2hrs) , NIGHT HALT AT LILAM

June 3 Monday DAY 4 : Lilam -Budgiar, 2700m, 14km (4-5hrs) NIGHT HALT
June 4 Tuesday Day 5 : Budgiar -Rilkot, 3200m, 10km (5-6hrs)
June 5 Wednesday Day 6 :Rilkot -Martoli, 3400m, 7km(?) (2-3hrs)
June 6 Thursday Day 7 : REST DAY
June 7 Friday Day 8 :Martoli – Burphu-Milam 3400m, 15km(?) (5-6 Hrs)
June 8 Saturday DAY 9 : Milam - Milam glacier, 4100m, 2km (1hrs) – Milam

June 9 Sunday Day 10 : Milam – Martoli
June 10 Monday Day 11 : Rest Day
June 11 Tuesday Day 12 : Martoli – budgiar
June 12 Wednesday Day 13: budgiar – munisiyari
June 13 Thursday Day 14: munisiyari – katgodam
June 14 Friday Day 15: Katgodam – Delhi(Arrive in the morning ) – Calcutta/Bangalore

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We have 15 days in hand to complete the tour .Please let me know if this itinerary looks good and achievable ..and how far are the roads motorable. Is it till Darkot or Beyond ? .

Looking for valuable suggestions and comments .
Also if anyone is visiting Milam around the same time please let me know . It will be helpful to have a talk ..

chao..
Devleena .

sorry guys the itinerary has a typo ..
here is the corrected one


June 1 Friday Day 1: Bangalore/Calcutta ---- Delhi –Katgodam (catch train at night)

June 2 Saturday Day 2 :Katgodam -Munsyari, 2300m, 261 km Night Halt

June 3 Sunday Day 3: Munisiyari - Darkot, 1700m, 15km (1hr by bus/jeep)
Darkot -Liliam, 1900m, 7km (2hrs) , NIGHT HALT AT LILAM

June 4 Monday DAY 4 : Lilam -Budgiar, 2700m, 14km (4-5hrs) NIGHT HALT
June 5 Tuesday Day 5 : Budgiar -Rilkot, 3200m, 10km (5-6hrs)
June 6 Wednesday Day 6 :Rilkot -Martoli, 3400m, 7km(?) (2-3hrs)
June 7 Thursday Day 7 : REST DAY
June 8 Friday Day 8 :Martoli – Burphu-Milam 3400m, 15km(?) (5-6 Hrs)
June 9 Saturday DAY 9 : Milam - Milam glacier, 4100m, 2km (1hrs) – Milam

June 10 Sunday Day 10 : Milam – Martoli
June 11 Monday Day 11 : Rest Day
June 12 Tuesday Day 12 : Martoli – budgiar
June 13 Wednesday Day 13: budgiar – munisiyari
June 14 Thursday Day 14: munisiyari – katgodam
June 15 Friday Day 15: Katgodam – Delhi(Arrive in the morning ) – Calcutta

Instead of kathgodam you can drop at Moradabad or Bereily also.Moradabad to Champawat by jeep and night stay. Nextday to Munsiyari in the afternoon.Keep the 3rd at Musiyari to get the Inerline Permit,guide and porter etc.From the 4th day proceed for trekking.

Hi,
As itinerary is good but i want to kno that you had done any programme before.
You can do also Nanda devi base camp from that trek itinerary is like given below.
Martoli to Pachu village
Pachu village to Nanda devi base camp & back to Pachu village or you can stay there(nanda devi base camp).
Pachu village to millam glacier then to Millame village
Milam village to Martoli or railkot
If you pln for Nanda Devi base camp then you want ten or other equipment.
You can do one another trek from Martoli to Nanda devibase camp

Well,
Initially I designed the itinerary to cover NDBC .
However people travelling with me are not as lucky as I am in case of getting leaves from office
So ..
Had to cut down the trip to 15 days and promised NDBC for the next visit

Can possibly neone provide me a phone number of Munisiyari or any travel agent with whom I can have a chat about the itinerary and things to expect ..

Try here,

www.kmvn.org

If you go to contact info, they have an office in Bangalore.

Thanks a ton Anand

pretty cool itinerary. i had tried this trek in 2005, did it in 6 days.
pics: http://community.webshots.com/user/almoraboy5
and
http://community.webshots.com/user/almoraboy6

description: elaborate details of my trip to milam glacier

contacts for guides and drivers:
http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2006/0...formation.html

pics of munsyari in sept-oct: http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2006/1...kend-trek.html

munsyari in winters: http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2007/0...st-kumaon.html

if u ring up TRC munsyari, narendra might pick it up(or some lady rceptionist). u can ask for ganga ram as guide, or lakshman, nath, kushal, bhim or kalyan.

Giving the name of the person to be contacted is quite helpful. Ganga Ram is a guide. Are the others too guides or are they the porters.

they r all guides. in fact, they r all family members (cousins).
u can ring up TRC (tourist rest centre munsyari) and ask for any of these guys.

Thanks a lot.
VSK

geee. thanks a lot Almoraboy ..
I have been through ur itinerary before and Jeroen's thread ..
Those basically gave me the idea for visiting Milam ..

If you take any experienced guide as suggested it can be done in the scheduled time. For that here is the modified itinerary.

June 7 Thursday Day 7 : Martoli to pachhu./ Ghangarh (3-4 hours) Can be completed in early morning. The rest day may be rest day.

June 8 Friday Day 8 : Pachhu to Nanda Devi (Base)Camp and back to Pachhu. It's a tough day but it' worth to go there. It's not exactly the base camp but from here one can have best view of Nanda Devi. The correct route to NDBC goes from Martoli which is quite tough and the trek route is in very bad shape due to land sliding. (Refer Lonely Planet - Trekking in Indian HImalaya)

June 9 Saturday DAY 9 : Pachhu - Milam glacier - Milam Village. You can trek this day only with experienced guide. Visit Milam Glacier from opposite side, cross it to reach Milam village. It will be a circle trek.

June 10 Sunday Day 10 : Milam – Martoli (As per original schedule)

I have trekked to Milam Glacier in May 2004 as per your plan only. As we were also runnig short of time, we could'nt go to NDBC but really miss it. We met one group with Trekking agency from Almora, who did the same trek as detailed above and I think it's the best route.

Suggestions from experienced trekkers are needed here, Is there any flaw in the above schedule.

Happy outdoor,

Outdoor Adventure.

Well,
I included NDBC in my original schedule but skipped it after receiving various advices from senior trekkers .
Well given the situation that we are a bunch of excited and amateur trekkers , I kind of consoled myself that safety is first .and NDBC can be done later with more experince ..and ofcourse we have our Time Constraint.
Can neone tell me whether we are expecting snow during June in Milam and do we need to carry sleeping bags ? .

You are in the Himalaya. You will "touch" snow and return. Night temps in June will be around 5 deg to 8 deg at the higher camps. I know ppl who take sleeping bags for temps as high as 20 degrees Celsius.