Trekking To Triund & Beyond

Tripoto
2nd May 2015
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Vibrant sunflower fields of punjab
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First view of the snow capped peaks at Kangra
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View of the Triund peak from McLeodGanj
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Breakfast ! :)
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The trek begins from Dharamkot
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The initial part is easy..
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And we go deeper....
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The trail becomes rocky
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And narrow...
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View of Dharamshala
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A very narrow trail
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Best View Cafe...before Triund Hill
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View of Dharamshala from Best View Cafe
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Onwards to Triund
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Pitched our tent at Triund
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And the weather gods welcome us
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The peak hidden above the clouds
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View from our tent
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Weather clears..Last rays of the sun hit the peaks
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Just loving the view
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View from our tent
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The peaks on a full moon night
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The bon-fire helped :)
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Sound asleep
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Hail
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Time for breakfast. Maggi & Cappuccino
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Time to trek to the Snow Line
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Enroute to Snowline
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Just rocks..
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Thats Triund Hill
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First encounter with snow
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Snow Line is just around that bend :)
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Welcome to paradise
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Illaqa
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Illaqa
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Illaqa
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Just snow and pine trees
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Time to head back
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Almost at the base
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And we leave, only to return someday
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Sunset over rolling hills
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The Four Seasons
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Chocolate Croissants at Llamoh's
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Coffee for the soul
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Graffiti at McLeod

Graffiti with a message.

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And there they are...freshly baked chocolate croissants at Lhamo's Croissants

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Great place for Breakfast. Lhamo's Croissants !! :)

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The view from Magic view cafe

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Triund !!!

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Caught the last rays of the sun & moonrise from inside our tent.

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Trail to Snowline cafe & beyond to Illaqa

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Looking back at the trail covered.

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The view of Triund Hill enroute to Illaqa

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Good morning. Ready to trek to Illaqa.

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Triund campsite

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Setup the tent amidst a light drizzle...

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Moving on towards Illaqa

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Illaqa

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So beautiful but one wrong step is all it takes.

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The trek up from Illaqa to Snowline is killing...but worth it.

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Snowline cafe

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Almost there. Just crossed the snowline.

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Quite close to Magic view cafe /Best view cafe

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The trail after Gallu Devi becomes tougher....

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And much tougher....

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The climb towards Gallu Devi....

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Hitting The Highway....Sunflower Fields Of Punjab

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First view of the mighty Dhauladhar range :)

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Morning breakfast.

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Maggi & cappuccino. Does it get better? :)

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On the way back to Snowline.

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Caught between a rock and a hard place. Enroute to Illaqa.

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Back at Lobsangs Four Seasons Cafe. Amazing Tibetan and Italian food.

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Catching 40 winks after a long day of trekking.

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First view of snow along the trek.

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Of thin trails and travels...

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Continuing towards Gallu Devi temple...

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Start the trek from Dharamkot. About 2 km from McLeodganj.

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The Yak cheese wasn't enough. This is more like Breakfast :) Chicken lasagna, mushroom & capsicum pizza and hummus at Seed Cafe :) Yummy !!

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Breakfast on Day 1 - Sourdough bread and yak cheese

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View of the Triund peak from the Tokyo House hotel in McleodGanj

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