Bali Pass Trek

The drive to Sankri is a very exciting one passing by the villages of Mori and Naitwar. At 1920 meters, Sankri is a hub for many treks and is a beautiful place to be in. With gorgeous views of Swargarohinni 1, 2, Banderpoonch and Kalanag makes the place very is very charming with its lovely people too !

Tonight we check in to our hotel and start preparing for our trek tomorrow. We meet before dinner, get introduced to the team and share a brief plan of the trek. arly dinner for an early rise tomorrow!

Early morning after breakfast, we take our thrilling drive to Taluka. It can be rated as one of the most thrilling and scenic drive in the Himalayas. In about an hour, we reach Taluka marked by few huts, shops and a GMVN bunglow. We board down, and meet out pack animal and rest of the team here.

We hit the trail and follow the Supin river upwards through forest and apple orchads to reach Seema. Seema has many small tea shops and a GMVN bunglow.

A short but rigorous walk through the forest, and bouldery patch will bring you to a wide meadow. On your left you can see the Har Ki Dun Valley and behind you can see the villages of Osla and Puoni. With confluences of rivers, woods, meadows and mountains around, its a wonderful site to camp for the night and spend the rest of the day. 

You may also chose to go a little ahead to a waterfall site ( Roiltia) and camp there.

Today we are into the 3rd day into the trek, and as we leave the campsite to start the day's trek, we feel much energetic and motivated. Our campsite for the day is Ruinsara Taal. After initial descend and the we swirl through the forest, crossing few landslide and bolder patches, we come out to a lovely lake in an opening, surrounded by rhododendron bushes and lush green meadow all round.

The serenity of a holy lake, in the lush green surrounding of a Himalayan meadow, backed up by the mountains and peak of Kalanag, makes this a lovely experience for the day.

Today we climb steadily up to Odari. Pace out your trek slowly and rest as much as possible on the trek to acclimatize easily. It's a short walk, so do not hurry. Acclimatization is more important

The view is amazing and will be as if we have zoomed into the view we had from Sankri. The Swargarohini, Banderpoonch, and Kalanaag stand as if just there, in front of you. A tiring route with climbs, and climbs on snow. However, the views around you and the objective behind will continuously keep pushing you.

Today is the ultimate day of this trek. We negotiate the Bali Pass today and cross it to reach the Yamunotri valley. Altitude and snow makes it tiring, but interesting at the same time. You understand that you are not here to do a mere trek. You are into a serious business of negotiating a treacherous pass which can be tricky at times. Guide's advice needs to be strictly followed, so is the importance here to have an able and knowledgeable guide.

As we start, we begin with climb and that ends once we reach the top. With decent speed, it takes us about 1 hour to reach the pass top climbing on the snow. September might see less snow or fresh snow. Once on top, enjoy grand views offered by the top. All the mountains nearby reveal itself - Swargorohini, Banderpoonch, and Kalanaag. You see both the sides of the valley from here. The pass top is spacious and weather permitting we do spend some good time here.

We now start our descend to the Yamunotri valley. Initial steps need to be taken carefully. You may require to fix rope here depending on the team's ability. The descend is steep until it reaches the forest area.

We descend on a pilgrim trail to Janki Chatti today from where we board our jeep to Dehradun. A very beautiful, unique trek comes to an end here.