Distance: 10 kms
Duration: 5-6 hours
After a comforting stay for the night, we start our trek at 9 AM to the morning sound of
Himalayan birds. For the first three hours, we walk on a motorable road. By 12 in the
noon, we enter the door of the forest. We continue on into the forest, navigating big
boulders and mushy land. After an hour, we will encounter a patch of sharp descent
where we lose a little height and by around 2:30 PM, we would have reached vast open
meadows with the tallest ferns you have ever seen. Expect to make it to the campsite by
3 PM. Mulling is a beautiful, bovine rich campsite with horses and trees all around your
tents. After some stretching and briefing, you will be served hot soup/tea and then you
are free to explore this magnificent landscape till dinner. Give your body some time to
adapt to the change in external conditions so it is better able to carry you through to the
last day.

Distance: 6.5 kms
Duration: 4-5 hours
After breakfast, we begin the trek at 10 AM. Today’s route has us follow the river
upstream through vast open meadows. There is a clear trail which leads you to the next
campsite. The first half hour is a straight walk in the meadows which leads to a slight
climb to get into the forest area. After 15 mins of ascent, the climb today involves
navigating a lot of huge boulders. Other than some tricky sections, these boulders
actually aid the hike, proving to be like a climb up the stairs. The wild flowers in the
meadows here are a deep yellow and the fairest shade of purple scattered across the
valley like spilt beans. We spend the next few hours zigzagging through the mountain
across meadows on a gradual uphill climb and reach the campsite.

Distance: 5 kms
Duration: 4-5 hours
Today’s trek is shorter yet but is a much steeper incline. Get up, do some yoga/ work
out, tea, breakfast, pack up and leave by 10 AM. It is a hard day for the legs. There are
around 6 streams to cross to make it to the dry land on the other side – that is thirty
straight minutes of bone-chilling water adventure. Now we face glacial walk. There is
also a small water source here after which we hit a precarious section of the trek- a
narrow trail which rests on loose rocks with a drop into the valley on the other side.
This section needs to be crossed very carefully.
Beyond this point, you enter the land of meadows lying alongside glaciers. There are a
lot of small sections of glacier crossing today. After a slight climb, we reach the campsite
called Lower Pushtirang. When there is excess snow, this is where we camp.
After stretching, we get ready for tea and then the disbursement of equipment. For our
next day, we will need microspikes and gaiters to be able to cross the snow-loaded pass.
Expect knee deep snow while crossing the pass. After each of us checks the equipment
and learns how to use it.

Distance: 13-15 kms
Duration: 13-15 hours
Today is THE day! Midnight climb, steep incline, walking in knee deep snow, micro
spikes, pass crossing and a crossover into the other dimension!
Day 5 starts a little after midnight. Wake up at 2 AM, pack our bags, put all our gear on,
have some light breakfast, pick up our bag and off we go, by 03:00 AM! The night is
really cold here, remember to layer up accordingly.
Before we begin, the trek leaders will allot a specific sequence for the trekkers. The
slowest person of the group remains in front and everyone else is lined up accordingly.
This is to ensure we stay together as a group so as to battle the perils of a night climb
together. Remember to bring your head torch for the trek.
There are no water sources for the next 6-7 hours, so do remember to fill all your water
bottles before you leave camp.
As we start climbing the climb gets steeper and more difficult. Once the rock and scree
area end, we are presented with an endless sheet of white snow. Here is when we put
our microspikes and gaiters on to start our traverse on snow. The climb up is likely to
take anywhere between 5-6 hours. Expect to reach the pass by 9 AM. The view from the
pass, which is the highest point of the trek at 4,915 M, is nothing short of spectacular.
We spend thirty minutes at the pass and then start our descent.
The change is terrain is so stark, it’s mindboggling. We have now entered the Pin Valley
on the Spiti side of Himachal. You are invited to the barren landscape with hundreds of
shades of browns and dirty red. The Pin River now adorns this landscape flowing calmly
through sun tanned rocks. It is a long trail, expect a lot of rocks and dust for the lack of
vegetation. From the lip of the valley you look down on the confluence of three rivers at
Tiyaand, a trail junction. You will meet patches of snow all through till you reach the
campsite. t has been a long day. Stretch yourself and lounge in the sun to cool your body
off for a bit. After we serve our stomachs, we hit the bed early because we need to cover
a long distance the next day as well.

In case of bad weather or other difficulties, Day 6 is reserved as a buffer day. This will
only get used if unexpected and unforeseeable conditions present themselves at the last
minute.

Distance: 15 kms + 50 kms
Duratrion: 5-6 hours trek + 2 hours drive
Today we head on from Mangrungse to Mudh Village through Pharka Village. The walk
is long but is fairly straight, not very stressful. With no rush, we leave after a hot
breakfast at 10 AM. We will get packed lunch today.
The walk today does not involve too many ups and downs but it does have a few river
crossings over long bridges without ropes – but we are sure after all these days, you’d
have conquered your fear of water, if any. Within 40 minutes of the trek, we start to see
our destination for the day – Mudh Village – far into the distance. After reaching the
village, we hit the road again, this time to drive two hours to the town of Kaza. This is
where we end our trail for the trek.

Distance : 430 Km
Duration: 12 Hrs
Drop point is shimla.