Road/Traffic Conditions in Uttarakhand

good if rains subside by september.. it would be a great season around..

we are planning for tungnath-chandrashila- deorital on 13-15 Aug. Is it the right time. Otherwise we will plan on January?

Again, who said there's less rain this year? Y'all are making the classic mistake of comparing the whole of last year's monsoon to this year's, which is only half-way through. Let's remember that last year's rains were normal (whatever that means) till early September, and it was only in the rest of that month that they hit with a vengeance. livin has provided great detail; I also spent a few days in Muss recently and what I heard from the locals is that this year's rains till now are much more than last year's in the same period.



In January the Tungnath-Chandrashila trail is likely to be snowed under.

Thanks DW for saving me a post

Hi All,

Seems like bad whether has started and clouds all over noth India. I was in badrinath last August and stucked in road wash near lambagad.But managed to return back Delhi in six days. feels, we should not take our own vehicles farther then Rishikesh and should manage it by public transport only from there.

Lambagad - road wah last year

Oops!! a wrong inference!

Yes you are right. In landslide situation, transshipment works.

works a lot.. but believe me.. it scared me at times.. once near sonprayag, again near junglechatti and finally once near chinnka but when i recall those moments... they'r nostalgia

Last year it was worst because of 'Cloud Burst 'in few places at Himalayas, if I am not wrong. It was not because of rain.

Yeah, right. but feels the more landslides you find only after karanprayag on badrinath route. Still i hope chances are bright to get there.

even around Devprayag... there are many landslide zones.. especially Bachli khal before devprayag and between Devprayag & Kirtinagar too
besides Chamoli-Joshimath-Hanumanchatti stretch on Badrinath route !!!

The roads mentioned above are Landslide prone zones and you will find it round the year. I have experienced same thing for the last 10 years during October.

true.. i was appending aiwester's list.. good that u traveled there for last 10 years.. i wish i too would
what u said about last year's cloudburst must also be true.. because i kept on hearing that news after august-end or so last year.. so it's not a common thing and surely 'climatic shift' is on !!!

Right you all, so overall bottomline is, either a person should try right now or after 15 September. waise monsoons add beauty to mountains but possibility of seeing higher himalayas is very low.