CHADAR TREK 2014
DATE: Feb 8, 2014Easily one of the most sought after treks in the world, a trekkers dream to do this once in a life time.
It is a 7 day trek in extreme cold conditions. It is a winter trek over a frozen river in Ladakh. Average mean temperature during the day is minus 15 and during nights temperatures fall to minus 25 and 30. The desolate trek is over the ever changing Chadar frozen river. Ice forms, breaks and changes colour on the river every few hours. At places the Chadar (or ice) does not form over the river. Trekkers have to forge a new trail climbing over snow covered steep rocky banks of the river to again descend to a spot on the river where the ice is more stable.
Trek Category: Tough
Program Schedule (Summary)
Day 1 - Fly to Leh 3500m
Day 2 - Drive to Chilling (3 hrs drive) and trek to Tilad Do camp 3100m (2 km, 1hrs trek)
Day 3 – Tilad Do to Gyalpo camp 3170m (9 Km, 6 hrs trek)
Day 4 – Gyalpo camp to Dib Cave 3225m (14 km, 8 hrs trek)
Day 5 – Dib cave to Naerak camp 3390m (10.5 km, 7 hrs trek)
Day 6 - Naerak to Tibb.
Day 7 - Tibb to Shingra Koma.
Day 8 - Shingra Koma to Chilling and drive to Leh.
Day 9 - Return from Leh.Inclusion
Local transport, Sleeping bag, Tent (3 person in each tent), Kitchen tent, food, toilet tent, mattress, utensils, crampon, trek leader, local guide, cook, helper and, porters for the group equipment. We allow to carry 7-8kg weight in your backpack (only your personal stuff), Our porter carry the central equipment like sleeping bag, cooking utensils, camping gear etc. If you need personal porter to carry your backpack so you have to pay extra Rs.660/ per day per bag. Trek will be lead by our trek leader.
You have to bring only your personal clothing, backpack and any trekking/sports shoes and Gum boots for day hike. You can easily buy the Gum boots from Leh at the cost Rs. 350 to Rs. 400/-
How to prepare for Chadar Trek?
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Of all the treks in India, Chadar is the most expensive trek you will do.
Following reasons:
1) You have only one option to reach Leh during winter, i.e. fly to and fro all other route are blocked due to extreme winter.
2) Expensive labour, Porter rates are more than double in winter. You can imagine why.
3) Rentals of all equipments and gear are very high during this season.
4) All food has to be flown in so obviously is very expensive.
5) Fuel since it is very limited is very expensive, it takes almost twice the amount of fuel to cook the food than in normal conditions.
6) It is not advisable to have a very large group of trekkers on a single party.