Trek Itinerary - Roopkund Trek

Duration: 8 Days

Difficulty: Moderate

Highest Altitude: 4800 m

Best Season: April-June, September-October

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Brief Information: Roopkund (locally known as Mystery Lake) is a high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand state of India, lies in the lap of Trishul massif and famous due to hundreds of human skeletons found at the edge of the lake. Roopkund, perhaps the most popular trek in India, is almost picture perfect. The Roopkund 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.

Brief Itinerary:

DAY	STARTING POINT	ENDING POINT	ALTITUDE (meters)	TREK/DRIVE DURATION (hours)	TREK/DRIVE DISTANCE (Km)
1	Almora	Lohajung	2335	5*	132
2	Lohajung	Didna Village	2450	8	6.5
3	Didna Village	Ali Bugyal	3450	7	10.5
4	Ali Bugyal	Patar Nachauni#	3910	5	7
5	Patar Nachauni	Bhagwabasa**	4300	3	4
6	Bhagwabasa	Roopkund	4800	5	3
	Roopkund	Patar Nachauni	3910	6	7
7	Patar Nachauni	Lohajung ##	2335	11	15
8	Lohajung	Almora	1642	5*	132

*Drive duration on a shared cab

^# via Bedni Bugyal and Ghora Lotani

** via Kalu Vinayak

^## via Bedni and Wan