Planning a trip to Hemkund Sahib in December

himalayan_moksha · Sep 5th, 2008, 06:30

Hello all,

Iam planning a trip to Hemkund Sahib this December, with my wife and daughter! My daughter would he nearly 2 yrs by then. We are thinking to carry her using a shoulder carry as we have to trek for 7 km to reach hemkund....Jus wanted to enquire if the terrain to climb is too risky for carrying my daughter or is it do-able?????do we have palki's to carry us all the way or do we have to do the trek ourselves?????

harjeev · Sep 5th, 2008, 07:41

hi
Hemkund is open onlt till the 1st week of oct. Further i think that the weather will be too cold for all of you especially a 2 year old As chennai dosent experience any cold weather.everything will be covered in snow and i think that even the way to go up there will be closed or blocked upwards joshimath

If you still want to plan the route for hemkund generally opens from 1st week of june till the 1st week of oct. During this season its very easy to get mules, palki's etc for treking. Hemkund is a trek of 19 km which is to be down in 2 days

AvidTrekker · Sep 5th, 2008, 19:14

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Originally Posted by himalayan_moksha

Hello all,

Iam planning a trip to Hemkund Sahib this December, with my wife and daughter! My daughter would he nearly 2 yrs by then. We are thinking to carry her using a shoulder carry as we have to trek for 7 km to reach hemkund....Jus wanted to enquire if the terrain to climb is too risky for carrying my daughter or is it do-able?????do we have palki's to carry us all the way or do we have to do the trek ourselves?????

Unless you are a seasoned mountaineer, you cannot do it in December. Very cold (minus 10 to -20 deg Celsius) and too much fresh snow.
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kammaldeep · Sep 5th, 2008, 20:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by himalayan_moksha

Hello all,

Iam planning a trip to Hemkund Sahib this December, with my wife and daughter! My daughter would he nearly 2 yrs by then. We are thinking to carry her using a shoulder carry as we have to trek for 7 km to reach hemkund....Jus wanted to enquire if the terrain to climb is too risky for carrying my daughter or is it do-able?????do we have palki's to carry us all the way or do we have to do the trek ourselves?????

December :O

i want to know how you came to this month.. did someone told u .. or its just ur own imagination ??

on serious note... you cannot go there in december

himalayan_moksha · Sep 5th, 2008, 23:54

Thanks for updating me....I was not aware that hemkund would be blocked in december...I chose this month so that its comfortable for my family members...However thanks once again for updating me...Would plan a trip some other time...:-)

jyotirmoy · Sep 6th, 2008, 00:00

Sikkim could be a good destination... refer posts on Sikkim

goodfriend · Sep 6th, 2008, 00:07

yes! u just forget about going to hemkund in dec, hemkund is 4000 meters above sea level, it will be com[letely under ice....

lets know where are you going????

Sep 5th, 2008, 06:30	#1
himalayan_moksha Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chennai Posts: 10	Planning a trip to Hemkund Sahib in December Hello all, Iam planning a trip to Hemkund Sahib this December, with my wife and daughter! My daughter would he nearly 2 yrs by then. We are thinking to carry her using a shoulder carry as we have to trek for 7 km to reach hemkund....Jus wanted to enquire if the terrain to climb is too risky for carrying my daughter or is it do-able?????do we have palki's to carry us all the way or do we have to do the trek ourselves?????

Sep 5th, 2008, 07:41	#2
harjeev Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Delhi Posts: 38	hemkund is open till 1st week of Oct hi Hemkund is open onlt till the 1st week of oct. Further i think that the weather will be too cold for all of you especially a 2 year old As chennai dosent experience any cold weather.everything will be covered in snow and i think that even the way to go up there will be closed or blocked upwards joshimath If you still want to plan the route for hemkund generally opens from 1st week of june till the 1st week of oct. During this season its very easy to get mules, palki's etc for treking. Hemkund is a trek of 19 km which is to be down in 2 days

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himalayan_moksha Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chennai Posts: 10	Thanks for updating me....I was not aware that hemkund would be blocked in december...I chose this month so that its comfortable for my family members...However thanks once again for updating me...Would plan a trip some other time...:-)

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