Cloaked in mystery, and located at an altitude of 3566m, a challenge to the
Pandavas and Kauravas. It is the land of Kauravas, the western part of Uttarkashi
is known as Fateh Parvat, and is separated from Himachal Pradesh by the Tons
River. The luxuriant Har-Ki-Dun valley has a backdrop of snowy mountain peaks, and
dense forests of pine, deodar,
Area: Garhwal Himalayas
Duration: 10 Days
Altitude: 4800 mts/15744 ft
Grade: Moderate
Season: May - July & Sept – Nov
And conifer. Har-ki-Dun (Har stands for Hari or Lord Krishna, the blue-god,
and Dun means valley), lies in the westernmost Himalayas of Garhwal, sharing its
boundary with eastern Himachal Pradesh, and is dominated by the Swargarohini
peak (6096m).It is a believed that the Pandavas of the epic Mahabharata ascended
to heaven through Swargarohini (in Hindi, swarg means heaven, and arohini is
derived from the word arohan, which means to climb). Har Ki Dun Mountain
Trekking will take you to the source of the Karmanasha stream, which meets the
Obragaad stream below a village named Sankri or Saur, to form the supine river,
which unites with the Rupin River flowing from Himachal Pradesh, at Netwar, to
become the Tons River – a major tributary of the Yamuna River.
