Roopkund Trek

If you’re trekking in India, the Roopkund trek is a must-do! Deep virgin forests, gurgling brooks, breath-taking campsites, miles of undulating meadows, snow, and ice, and then a great adventure as you climb from 8,000 ft to 16,000 ft

Roopkund, the most popular trek in India, isRoopkund trail climbs out of splendid dark forests suddenly bursting into Ali and Bedni Bugyal, arguably India’s most beautiful high altitude meadows. Out of the meadows, the trail quickly gets into terrific alpine stretches.

Climbing on snow to the Roopkund lake is a heart-pounding thrill. The beautiful Mt Trishul looms over the setting getting closer as you climb higher when at a ridge above Roopkund, only air separates the trekker from them and Trishul.

Roopkund is a picturesque tourist destination and one of the important places for trekking in Chamoli District, Himalayas, near the base of two Himalayan peaks. Trisul (7,120 m) and Nanda Ghunti (6,310 m).[19] The Lake is flanked by a rock face named Junargali to the North and a peak named Chandania Kot to the East. A religious festival is held at the alpine meadow of Bedni Bugyal every autumn with nearby villages participating. A larger celebration, the Nanda Devi Raj Jat, takes place once every twelve years at Roopkund, during which Goddess Nanda is worshipped. The lake is covered with ice for most of the year, with the best time to trek in autumn (mid-September to October).