single day trek - Uttaranchal?

amitsankrani

Looks like so many options have already provided. If I can suggest then drive to Auli for a day and trek half day upto Gorson Bugyal, chances some good snow conditions atleast 1 feet or more.

hima22vin

MORE one/two dayers:
Vridh Jagesahwar in Kumaon
Hamta from Pirni near Manali
Virat Khoi near Chakrata/ Kalsi (Garhwal)
Sach Pass (do not cross but return back towards Chamba side)

Vinian

How many days are reqd. to complete the Saach Pass trek from Delhi If a person can easily walk for 16-20 km approx per day and when (month/period of the year) can this trek be undertaken?

burf

thanks people, i now need to research and get back with more questions

thanks trishul, dodital seems more and more realistic now

burf

Keeping in mind that we would not be taking any tent, please tell what do you think of the following plan [in march]:-

plan 1:-

Thrusday night - start from delhi
friday morning - reach agoda
friday afternoon - start trek
friday evening - reach manjji & stay overnight [are there any reliable options for staying here?]
saturday morning - trek to dodital and back, to agoda
saturday night - start from agoda for delhi

plan 2:-

Thrusday night - start from delhi
friday morning - reach agoda
friday early noon [as soon as possible] - start trek
friday evening - reach dodital & stay overnight [are there any reliable options for staying here?]
saturday morning - trek back to agoda
saturday night - start from agoda for delhi

ashutosh69

Reaching Agoda from Delhi ovenight looks difficult. There are checkpost restrictions at different points after Rishikesh. Travelling in the mountains after 2000 Hrs is restricted by the Government.

You can start from Delhi very early in the morning and target to reach Agoda by 1800 Hrs assuming you reach Uttarkashi by 1300 Hrs latest. If you start from Delhi as early as 0400 Hrs ..its possible. I have done it. (refer to my latest travelogue at my blog space snowscapes.blogspot.com)

Next day you can trek directly to Dodital and stay there in the huts or if you have sleeping bags and mats, the temple can also provide shelter.

Next day with some degree of effort you can targt to be back to Uttarkashi where yo would eaither have a night halt or see if you can have a overnight bus to Rishikesh ...I am not certain about it.

Sadanand Kamath

To me, your programme looks more like jogging than trekking!!

Agoda to Dodital is a 30 kms trek from a height of about 1800 mts to 3026 mts. I would not have done this trek in one day even in my younger days.

Again, Delhi-Rishikesh-Uttarkashi-Kalyani journey is about 295 kms of which about 180 kms is on hill roads. I don't think you can do this journey as per your schedule.

Sadanand

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ashutosh69

Well ...I disagree a bit there.

Delhi - Agoda I have done in a day without much fuss...
Delhi-Uttarkashi drive in 9 hrs
Start from Delhi at 0330 and reach Rishikesh(beyond Gangotri Checkpost) by 0730...of course one needs to take the shortcut from the Haridwar-Rishikesh midpoint
Start from there at 0800 after home packed breakfast and reach Chamba by 1000 max
Chamba to Uttarkashi - reach in 3.5 hrs meaning reach there at 1330. On a good day you can make it by 1300. But one can pln to be there by 1400 taking contigency into account.
Quick lunch and leave for Agoda- drive till road end- I think the place is Sangamchatti ..takes about an hour.

Start trek at 1500 and reach Agoda after 3 and half hours. Just around the time darkness hits. In our case there was a support team so we did not have to spend time arranging for guide and porters.

Agoda - Dodital we had done in 7 hours. Again not too fast walking. In fact one gains all the altitude within about 3 hours trek from Agoda. I remember recording 3000 mtrs at the lunch place..which was about 4 hrs trek from Agoda. After that there is bit of a togh trek only around the last 3 or 4 kilometers.

Dodital to Sangamchatti would be more than 30 Kms and a tough proposition...but one can possibly take a go at that considering its mostly downhill.

Dilliwala

WHOA!!
Serious bad idea - u'll be driving most of the night thru the hills, something I strongly recommend against, no matter how good the driver. While I'm fully in agreement with Sadaji about the unnecessity of such a hurried schedule (even though I'm not a trekker), if u really need to do the express tour then go with ashutosh's schedule.

ashutosh,
Your time-planning for the drive is bang on, hats off (apart from the rest-times, too short for me ) - but I don't think in the off-season the barrier at Rishikesh/Lakshmanjhula is closed at night.
(In any case one can easily get around it in the evenings even, by telling the cops one's going rafting . But certainly they won't believe that if it's midnight).

BTW, which shortcut do u mean?
If u mean the so-called 'Bypass' Road which goes along the end-section of the railway track and ends at the circle on Dehradun Road (near GMVN Complex) - that starts just outside Rksh, not the half-way point, which is approx where the NH 72 to DD starts.
Yes, it saves some distance, if only 2 km . Certainly less traffic.

More like F1 racing to me!

ashutosh69

I think there is another barrier at Chamba and one at Chinyalsaur. Basically at the exit of any big settlement. Exactly the way it is on the badrinath road.

And yes...these time estimates are based on the readings I took during this december drive to Harsil....I hate this section from Chamba to Chinyalsaur. How pretty and easy going the earlier drive was..through DObata!

Yes I mean that Rishikesh Bypass that leads up to Dehradun road walla circle.

Dilliwala

Ok, haven't seen those two barriers; it's been 4 years since I was last in Uttarkashi and missed Chinyalisaur both times - went from Mussoorie via Nainbagh/Pantwari/Banchaura/Barethi (very nice, but slow) and returned on opposite side of the river (Chaurangi Khal/Lambgaon). Yes, Dobata route was nice and simple.
The check-post at Chamba must be on the 'lower' road, I've driven from Chamba to Muss a few times, and altho I left Chamba around 6 pm each time, I know there are no restrictions on that route.
So these barriers were closed at night even in Dec? Certainly the Joshimath to Pandukeshwar/Hanumanchatti route has no one-way operation in winter.

ashutosh69

Frankly speaking...didnt see barriers put since i never travelled at night.

Also the only time I travelled at night and there was special permission to be taken for Rishikesh, Srinagar and Rudraprayag was in August last year..reached Rudraprayag at 0200 hrs in the night after a minor accident before Srinagar...but then we were told that its a safety precaution that the government takes through out the year...this night travel thingy. Even truck traffic is stopped. In November 2007 the checkposts were operational because my porters and guides rushed back from Barkot to Uttarkashi at 6 because of the checkpost.

Also the one way traffic thing between Pandukeshwar and Badrinath is to facilitate movement in face of heavy pilgrim traffic...this regulation is a different one...apparently "no night driving in the mountains!"

Dilliwala

That's true about traffic regulation, but there's also a time limit - no departure after 5 pm (at either end), also to prevent night driving.

burf

thanks guys, for your responses

i have made those versions of the plan based on my last experience to chopta-tungnathji

Thursday night - start from delhi
friday afternoon - reach chopta and did a half trek
saturday morning - started trekking for tungnathji and back by afternoon and started for delhi
sunday early morning - reached delhi

i was fine with the trip so was just trying to equate it with this one.

do you people still think it is impossible?

Sadanand ji what do you think?

burf

and yea, we started from rishikesh on friday morning at around 5 am so there was no night-driving-in-the-hills involved...