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Best season
June - September
Duration
8 days
Rating
Moderate
only 1 pass
Many ups and down
Maximum elevation
Shin
Kun-La 5.000 m (16.400 ft)
Average daily walking time
6 hours
Specials
Visit the most spectacularly situated monastery (Phuktal Gompa)
A good combination with the trek Padum to Lamayuru (Darsha to Lamayuru
20 days with rest days)
You can also chose the route via Phirtse-La
(5.450 m)
Highlights
Our journey starts in the green hills of Manali, tucked away in Himachal Pradesh,
and continues over the Rotang Pass to Lahaul, where we begin our trek
dome kilometers from Darcha
village. The glaciated Shin Kun La (pass,
now a black glacier) is the gateway
to Zanskar, 'the land of white copper', a land of harsh beauty, cathedral-like
rock spires, lively, white-washed villages, billowing fields of barley and
grazing sheep and goats. We spend wonderful days walking through this landscape
in flux, camping at beautiful sites, exploring the many historic gompas (monasteries)
and visiting old friends in the villages. The unique and fragile Zanskari
culture is the highlight of this section of the trek, accentuated by the
spectacular landscape.
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