Valley of Flowers: Local walking/hiking groups?

deneb

Hi, I wonder if ayone can share information on walking/hiking groups (not travel agencies) as I would love to join a local group to do the Valley of Flowers this year. I recall reading a recommendation last year but I lost the link and I've searched the forum without success.

Many thanks for your help!!

Dilliwala

Heheh, just wait till end-May and watch the threads kick off!
For now, it's easy to search - use these terms "Valley of Flowers" (quotes included), and VOF. U'll see a lot of threads pop up.

Since u are probably within the deadline of 24 hours to edit your post, I'll also suggest that u add "for Valley of Flowers" to the thread title. Makes it easier for folks with a similar interest to find your thread.

solo_trekker

Valley of Flowers & Hemkund Sahib

hiya... check out this thread - gives details about both the valley of flowers and hemkunt sahib...

hitchhiker

Hi
I am planning for VOF mid june with my own car from delhi....
>Is there any proper parking place at govindghat where I can park my vehicle and find it still safe, when I come back from VOF...
> Is the GVMN guesthouse at ghangaria operational at that time..
>Will there be rain or snow at that time and how is the road condition
>will there be flowers at that time
> I will be with my 2 kids ( 6 & 10 yrs ).

anyone has any ideas... please...

VSK Sharma

Hi,
The GMVN Bunglow is open during the time you have planed your trip.
You will still get snow and its not the right time if you are going for flowers. The roads would be OK since you plan to go before the rains.
If leave and time are not the constraints and you are visiting for flowers plan for Aug mid. Also plan to go by local shared vehicle so that in case of road block due to landslides you can change vehicles, otherwise you have to wait for the land slides to be cleared which are done promptly but can take time.

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Dilliwala

1. Yes. Multi-storey in fact.
2. Yes.
3. Rain, maybe - the monson usually kicks off sporadically in mid-June. Snow, highly unlikely.

No need to worry about land-slides - altho they can never be ruled out, they are rare until the monsoon is in full swing, Jul/Aug.

hitchhiker

thanks VSK & Dilliwala
>what about the flowers...will there be any or none ....then is it worth going...

Dilliwala

There'll be flowers, but few. Full bloom is in July/Aug.

ani rch

there is allways flowers.different flowers at different time but the best season is late august to early september.yes u will find rain.but road is mostly good

solo_trekker

rain... lots of it in june...
flowers... hardly any in june...
yes, the variety of flowers changes from july to september, but u won't find more than some teeny weeny buds in june...
rest assured...
seriously, there's loads and loads of snow in hemkunt sahib in june - the place opens in the first week of june... and some snow is surely there even in the valley of flowers...
best to delay it to june-end, if it has to, repeat, has to, be june...! or else, check-out the sun flowers in july...!

p.s. - get your kids to walk, and not to take the ponies... walking at a snail's pace is still better than taking the pony because sitting on a pony's back side for hours together is not gonna do any good to their back sides...!!! trust me...!!!

cheers...!!!

solo_trekker

Valley of Flowers & Hemkund Sahib

hiya again... check out this thread...

deneb

Thank you all for the info. Will check the VOF threads closely starting from next month