Mountain & Meditation (Pics)----22----Roop Kund Trek, Uttranchal, Sep. 1992

This is a very beautiful trek, known for its haunted lake , as one can find several bones, skulls, and skeleton of human body around Roop Kund (16800 ft). The sizes of the bones and skulls are bigger than the bones of normal human. It is said that the whole convoy of the Devotees of 'Devi'(Deity) killed in an Avalanche around 400-500 years back, when they were passing through this place at the occasion of Worshipping of the 'Devi' of this area.

I have to open the Snow clad  route to reach to Roop Kund through a very steep climb of more than 800 feet, because our Guide denied to go up to the Kund due to heavy snow fall and route became buried,but it was a very good experience. After reaching the top of the Kund, we three saw a team of Bengali Trekker coming to it as they were supposed to go back due to buried Route so they gave us thanks for making their prog. successful.

 Bengali Team is coming to the ridge of  Roop Kund (Above)

Big Ring of thick snow is visible on the surface of Roop Kund

 Roop Kund is covered with thick snow

After Reaching the last ridge we had to go down more than 200 mtrs to Roop Kund

 Finally we three of us reached Roop Kund (16800 ft)

 By mistake two of us did not bring our Snow Goggles that's why we had to suffer from Snow-Blindness

After One hour of our arrival at Roop Kund, Bengali Team too reached here.

 View of Bedni Bugyaal from Roop Kund

Very Steep Climb is visible to the last ridge of Roop Kund from Bhagua Basa (Above)

 View from the Route  between Bhagua Basa to  Roop Kund

 

 There was a sudden heavy snowfall which covered the whole route to Roop Kund--Third Camp

 Our Third Camp at 'Bhagua Basa' (14000 ft. aprox)

 "Bedni Bugyaal"

 Second Camp---'Bedni Bugyaal'(10,000 ft.)

 Preparing Food at the first Camp at 'Loha Jang' Village

 Village 'Loha Jang' (Below), the starting point of our trek