Kuari Pass Tapovan Trek

Overview

Kuari Pass Tapovan Trek

The Kuari Pass Tapovan Trek is more than what you can imagine. You being an ardent admirer of the mountains, the Kuari Pass - Tapovan Trek is surely going to beat your pulses at every stretch and turn. You discover a person in yourself an adventurer and a nature lover who believes in serene skies, lush green meadows, streaming rivers and snow clad mountains. 'Nature', that is what is all about in one of the most popular spiritual treks in the Garhwal Himalayan region, the Kuari Pass - Tapovan Trek. So if you are searching for a silent blue sky and parallel to it a horizon that lays out the hulking high peaks of the Garhwal Himalayan region, the Kuari Pass - Tapovan Trek via Khulara hones your dream.

The trek from Auli, which is at an altitude of 2,450 meters, follows the footsteps of Lord Curzon who once travelled to Kuari Pass in the year 1905. The windy trail whirls from Auli to Garson, at an altitude of 3,510 meters and descends to Khulara at an elevation of 3,225 meters. The journey passes through a chirping wood of oak, deodar, maple, and chestnut trees, which is home to varied species of avifauna and thereafter heads up to Tali before you unload at the Khulara campsite. From Khulara the route climbs up to Kuari Pass, at an elevation of 4,268 meters that is the base camp of the summit of Pangarchulla. Trekking along the ridge towards Tapovan one steps on to a large meadow affording spectacular views of the Himalaya. The region is secluded by the peaks like Nilkanth at 6596 meters, Narayan Parbat at 5965 meters, Mana at 7272 meters, Kamet at 7756 meters, Abi Gamin at 7355 meters, Nilgiri Parbat at 6474 meters, Rataban at 6166 meters, Gauri Parbat at 6708 meters, Hathi Parbat at 6727 meters and Dunagiri at 7066 meters. The Kuari Pass - Tapovan Trek via Khulara further enriches the journey when one encounters the shepherds and live a moment of their lifestyle. The 5 days trek in the Garhwal Himalaya descends from Tapovan to Joshimath.