Hampta Pass trek in October

I reach 3 days early for Roopkund trek to explore nearby places like Almora, Ranikhet, Gwaldam etc but god had some other plans for me. I reached Kathgodam early morning and took a shared cab to Almora It was the time of Nanada Devi fair in Almora. I checked into a hotel did some research on the nearby places. Late September is the time when monsoon retract and trekking in Himalayas is most enjoyable because of the green cover over the Himalayas and clear skies. But this year it was different I was struck in Almora  for 7 days all the road links were broken and my dream of completing the Roopkund trek shattered some how I managed to came back to Delhi and booked myself for Hampta Pass trek in October second week.

Chandrataal - Hampta Pass trek

Photo: Puneeth B C

Himachal Pradesh is safe in monsoon than Uttarakhand. I reached Manali a day before, Manali is a nice place to relax for day or two and I like the ambience of old Manali economy hotels, nice food and awesome music. Hampta pass trek in October I guess the best time because of clear skies and trekking in Himalayas with clear skies gives you the best views of snow clad peaks. We were team of 12 trekkers loaded our stuff and drove from Manali to Jabri which took around 2 hours. Then we started our trek to HamptaPass. The initial trek was through tick forest of Maple, Oakwood, Deodar trees after crossing a wooden bridge over Rani Nala it was a nice walk for about 2-3 three hours to our first camp Chika alongside river. The day one of trek was easy and not very tiring but we enjoyed it a lot.

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