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The
Khatling glacier is a lateral glacier, at the source of River Bhilangana.
According to the legends, a celestial
nymph tried to entice Lord Shiva, here, when the Almighty was in meditation.
She was spurned by him and transformed into liquid form, becoming the Bhilangana.
Nature has bestowed her bounty on the vale of the Bhilangana in abundance,
and the rich pasture lands are ideal camping sites.
The
Khatling Glacier is associated with the giant hanging glaciers of
Ratangian, Jogin and
Phating . The moraines on the sides of the glaciers look like standing
walls of gravel and mud. A semi-frozen lake, called Bhil Sarovar, is the
central point on one of the moraines. The flat land
on these moraines and the Kunali bugyals are excellent
pastures lands during the summer and rainy season.
| Altitude: |
3,717 metres Total
trekking : 90 km. [both ways] |
| Duration
: |
11 Days |
| 1st day: |
Drive upto Ghuttu
[1,524 M] from Dehradun .....188 km.
Dinner and overnight at Tourist
Rest House
[10 hours drive] |
| 2nd day: |
Ghuttu [1,524
M] - Reeh [2,133 M] ........10
km.
Leave Ghuttu after early breakfast
with packed lunch. Steep climb of 10 km, Dinner and overnight in tent colony. |
| 3rd day: |
Reeh [2,132 M]
- Gangi [2,589 M]
..........10 km.
Very steep climb, Dinner and overnight
in tents. |
| 4th
day: |
Gangi [2,589 M]
- Pachari [2,896 M] ..........15 km. |
| 5th day: |
Pachari [2,896
M] - Khalting [3,717 M]
Steep and strenuous trek. On the
way one can trek to Tamakund [3,415 M] from where Khalting Glacier is 3
km. Overnight in caves.
Pachari - Naumuthi [2,957 M, 1.5
km] Bhelbagi [3,110 M, 5 km] - Bhumka [3,201 M, 1 km.] - Tamakund [3,415
M 3 km.] Khalting Glacier [3,717 M, # km.] |
| 6th day: |
Around Khalting
Glacier :
Trek along and around the Glacier
to the magnificent Hanging Glacier of Ratangian, Jogin and Phating etc. |
| 7th day: |
Khalting - Pachari
............10 km. |
| 8th day: |
Pachari - Gangi
.............15 km. |
| 9th day: |
Gangi - Reeh
.............10 km. |
| 10th day: |
Reeh - Ghuttu
.............10 km. |
| 11th day: |
Ghuttu - Dehradun
[drive] ...............188km. |
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