(photo credit: Malli)
Har kid un Trek
Difficuty grade: Easy; Duration: 4days; Max Altitude/Min Temp: 3560m/ 5-7 degree centigrade;
Peaks in vicinity: Kala nag(Black peak); Bander punch, Swarga rohini massif
High passes: Boransu, Khimloga, Shinga ghati towards Himachal & Bali pass, Dhumdhar kandi towards south and east.
Rivers: Har ki dun nala + Ruinsara nala -> Supin + Rupin (from Rupin pass) = Tons -> Yamuna River (Originating from Saptarishi kund).
Har ki dun valley is in the north west frontier of Gahwal Himalaya (Uttarakhand). It is just below the Dhauladhar range dividing Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Several interesting high altitude passes lie on this range leading treks from Har ki dun valley to Baspa valley (south of Kinnaur region)in Himachal pradesh. Some of these passes are Boransu, Shinga ghati, Khimloga and rupin pass.
One can enjoy the views of Kalanag, Bander punch main and west as one treks from Osla to Har ki dun. Swarga rohini peaks are another set of significant peaks here. The glacier above Har ki dun is "Jaundhar glacier". The villagers tell that the glacier used to expand until outer limits of Osla village but now it has receded by more than 10kms. There was not much snowfall this year and it impacted the yield of the crops in these regions (Global warming!)
I had the opportunity to sight several alpine flowers such as Iris Kumaonensis, primula denticulata, Corydalis (yellow variety), Caultha family, Primula involucrata, Rhododendrons (bright red and whitish), wild roses and couple of varieties which I didn't know the names.
While traveling from Sankri to Taluka on top of the zeep, I saw some interesting wild cocks/chicken as the villagers spotted them. The road between Sankri and Taluka is a bit rough but sitting on the top would be some fun.
Rough sketch Map of Har ki dun (source: Internet):
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