MOST DANGEROUS TREKKING IN INDIA

This trek is as stunning as it is risky. At over 5,300 metres, Pin Parvati takes you through dense forests, wild rivers, glaciers, and snowfields. Sounds dreamy? Well, it comes with dangerous river crossings, slippery trails, and hidden crevasses. During monsoons, the route can turn into a nightmare with landslides and flooding. It’s not a trek where you can afford to lose focus even for a minute.

Most Dangerous Trek in India

These are not the ones where you casually pack a bag and stroll up the mountain. These treks demand grit, fitness, survival instinct, and sometimes even a bit of luck. If you’re dreaming of adventure, here is a list of the dangerous trekking places in India that are as dangerous as they are stunning.Imagine walking on a frozen river in the dead of winter, with nothing but thick sheets of ice under your boots. That’s the Chadar Trek. Temperatures can sink to minus 30 degrees. The ice looks solid, but it can crack at the slightest pressure. Nights are brutal, frostbite is a real threat, and help is nowhere nearby. It’s breathtakingly beautiful, but some might consider it the most dangerous trek in India. 

1.Sin La Pass Trek:

• Altitude: 5,495 meters | 18,030 Feet

• Duration: 14 Days

• Distance: 75 KM approx

• Location: Uttarakhand

A staggering altitude of 5,495 meters, Sin La connects Bidang in Darma Valley to Jolingkong Lake in the Kuthi Yankti Valley. It was used by the Bhotiyas of Uttarakhand to traverse to Tibet as part of their trade route. Adi Kailash can be viewed from this route on a clear day.

2. Rumtse to Tso Moriri:

• Altitude: 5,435 meters | 17,830 Feet
• Duration: 10 to 11 Days
• Distance: 102 KM approx
• Location: Ladakh

“Ladakh, the land of high passes“, the phrase can very aptly be explained by the Rumtse to Tso Moriri trek. The over 100 KM long trek takes you through a total of 6 mountain passes higher than 5,000 meters in altitude.

Kyamar La (5,071 meters), Mandalchan La (5,206 meters), Tisaling Shibuk La (5,275 meters), Kayamayuri La (5,416 meters), Kartse La (5,384 meters), Yalung Nyau La (5,435 meters).

Not just the passes but then there are two mesmerizing lakes, the over 7 KM long Tso Kar & finally the much larger Tso Moriri (26 KM), where the trek concludes. The trail is surely going to test your endurance and you would witness a spectacle like no other.

3. Kang La:

• Altitude: 5,468 meters | 17,940 Feet
• Duration: 12 Days
• Distance: 90 KM approx
• Location: Himachal Pradesh & Ladakh

The natives of the untouched Lahaul valley, used to route this route across Kang La to traverse into Zanskar and onward to Ladakh. A 24 KM trek over the glacier happens to be one of the longest glacier walks you will come across in India during the Kang La trek.

Kang La is replete with a changing landscape with lush green meadows paving the way for the arid mountains of Zanskar, after trekking across glacier fields, crevasses, moraines, glacial lakes, and more. 

4. Dhumdhar Kandi Pass:

• Altitude: 5,490 meters | 18,010 Feet
• Duration: 12 Days
• Distance: 78 KM approx
• Location: Uttarakhand

James Baillie was the first ever to recognize this pass in the year 1815. The Dhumdhar Kandi pass managed to keep its secrets till 1987 when a team from West Bengal crossed it successfully. The pass connects Bhagirathi and Tons valleys, and is a hidden gem which has been trekked rarely.

It shares its base with the Black Peak (Kalanag – 6,387 meters), which is the highest peak in this region. The mighty Swargarohini Massif too can be attempted from this area. The terrain is difficult to trek across and rockfall areas are common, which can cause unwanted accidents. The trek starts from Sankri in Har Ki Dun region and end at Harsil towards Gangotri.

4. Parang La:

• Altitude: 5,580 meters | 18,307 Feet
• Duration: 12 Days
• Distance: 126 KM approx
• Location: Spiti in Himachal Pradesh & Ladakh

Starting at Chicham/Kibber in Spiti, the Parang La trek takes you across a mighty pass, and an astounding stretch where you get to walk along the Tso Moriri lake, for 2 full days. Arid mountains, vast grazing lands, remnants of fossils from millions of years ago, and trails untouched by humans, make up this unique trek.

The trek includes long walks on all days and is the longest in our current list in terms of distance covered.

5. Traill’s Pass Trek:

• Altitude: 5,310 meters | 17,421 Feet
• Duration: 16 to 18 Days
• Distance: 125 KM approx
• Location: Uttarakhand

George William Traill, the 2nd British Commissioner of Kumaon, crossed this pass in 1830 and thus the naming. Since then only a handful of groups have successfully trekked across this pass. Near vertical rock walls, bottomless deep crevasses, and ridge lines with cornices are some of the challenges this pass throws at you, apart from its apparent remoteness.

Situated at the head of the Pindari Glacier, the locals call this pass as Pindari Kanda. It connects this valley (Pindari) to Lalwan valley. These are among the remotest stretches of Uttarakhand and least explored by travelers. Nanda Devi east base camp lies en-route the trek.

6. Auden’s Col Trek:

• Altitude: 5,490 meters | 18,010 Feet
• Duration: 16 to 17 Days
• Distance: 80 KM approx
• Location: Uttarakhand

Named after John B. Auden, a British surveyor, this pass was first crossed by him in the year 1939. Auden’s Col connects Rudra Valley to the Khatling Valley. It starts from Gangotri and concludes at Kedarnath or vice versa.

The Route towards Auden Col’s Trek follows a series of basecamp destinations in the order of Nala, Ruduagaira, Gangotri Group, and Auden’s Col.

The descent from Auden’s Col towards the Khatling Glacier is near vertical and challenging, which requires rope fixing. Two days are spent traversing the mighty Khatling glacier when finally the lower altitudes greet us with dense forests.

Masar Tal and Vasuki Tal are two alpine lakes we come across during the beautiful but challenging trek.