Proposed trip plan for June 08 : Part 3 : Amarnathjee

May be we can do Amarnathjee also? i wonder... this will be my third time planning... Here is the modified plan:

Day

From

To

Height

Distance

Time

29	Kargil	Drass		62 Km
	Drass	Zoji La ( timings...)		-
	Zojilla Pass	Sonamarg		56 Km
30	Sonamarg	Baltal		15 Km
	Baltal	Domail		2 Km	trek
	Domail	Barari Marg		5 Km	trek
	Barari Marg	Sangam		4 Km	trek
	Sangam	Amarnathjee Cave	3880m	3 Km	trek
	Amarnathjee Cave	Possible to spend night somewhere near ?
31	....	Baltal		14 Km	trek
	Baltal	Sonamarg		15 Km
32	Sonamarg	Srinagar		84 Km
33	Srinagar	...sight seeing...

34	Srinagar	Udhampur		172 Km	NH1a
	Udhampur	Pathankot (Punjab)		139 Km
35	Pathankot	Ambala (Haryana)		281 Km
36	Ambala	Muradabad		300 Km
37	Muradabad	Lucknow		350 Km

Food : At Domail, 2 kms from Baltal, free langar(community Kitchen) facility is available. The trek from here is very steep and therefore needs caution and care. Some tea-stalls are available at Brarimarg and Sangam top.

Provisions : Essential rations are available at fair price rates from the specially established Govt. Depots at Chandanwari, Sheshnag and Panchtami, Numerous wayside tea-shops and small restaurants are set up by private parties. Firewood or gas can be obtained at Chandanwari, Sheshnag (Wawajan), Panchtami and near the Cave.

Accommodation : Good tented accommodation with allied facilities are set-up during the Yatra period by the J&K TDC as well as private parties. These are provided on the basis of payment of rates fixed by the State authorities. Facilities for booking of such accommodation will be available at the base camps.


Chandanbari route, though more beautiful, will require more days :

30	Srinagar	Khanabal-> Pahalgao		94km:3hrs
31	Pahalgam	Chandanbari	2895m	16km	bus/jeep
	Chandanbari	Pisu Rising	3377m	2km	trek
	Pisu Rising	Seshnag	3352m	10km	trek
32	Seshnag	Mahagunus	4276m	4.6km	trek
	Mahagunus	Vayujan			trek
	Vayujan	Panchtarani	3657m	8km	trek
33	Panchtarini	Amarnath Cave 3880m		6.4km trek	trek
	Amarnath Cave	Panchtarini		6.4km trek	trek
34	Panchtarini	Baltal		14km / trek	trek
35	Baltal	Pahalgam
36	Pahalgam	Srinagar		94km / 3 hrs