Day 5 : The "D" Day

It was the morning i am going to see the Glacier for the first time in my life And the day is also going to be one of the most adventurous days of my life. An adventure bordering on extreme and horror at times. We left jungle camp at 9 am with packed lunch (pori and aloo) varun did not joined us he stayed back in the base camp, all 4 of us with Dhanvir started out trek towards Gujjar hut. After a strenuous 4 hrs of trek we had a glimpse of all the snow white peaks we are standing in the middle of the hills sourrounded by Lingudhar(4804m), Mati(5390m), Joanli(6740m) , Huru glacier(5348m), Drapawdi ka Danda (18740ft), Dhokrani(5670m) and Rakku top(5120m) * Heights are aprox . The valley has a gentle slope with different land features formed by the glacier and surrounded by snow-covered peaks.One can walk up to the glacier and adjoining areas and climb the small peaks.

Paronamic Clipshot of Kheda Tal One of the high altitude lakes

Come on Xplorers still a Km walk we will touch the Glacier
Finally in the Destination

Shhhhh... full tuss Puss no energy to climb up take in rest

Gujjar hut base became our final destination since the snow was too much as 6 to 8 feet we could not go near to the glacier but we can have a glimpse of 10 feet Glacier sliding down form Drapawdi ka Danda and Dokriani.

Enroute to Dokriani Glacier Crossing the Dingad River .orign of the river is just 500m ahead from the glacier

Xplorers posing in front of Drapawdi ka Danda (18740ft) the place where the Glacier starts

Drapawdi ka Danda (18740ft) and the Dingad river , you need to cross this river to have a paronamic view of Kheda Tal on of the High altitude lake

Paronamic clip shot of Rakku Top just adjacent to Dokirani

We did not stopped our zeal of climbling lead to a High altitude lake clad Kheda Tal for the first time in my life i saw Tal- lake top layer solid ice and below freeing water. And the view of Drapawdi ka Danda and the lake all together made me to stand breathless.
Then we finshed our packed lunch in front of Gujjar hut .then we started our descent at 3 pm it was tough to get down since we had a heavy snow fall but experienced guide Dhanvir made us to reach the base camp safe .