Challenging Aspects Of Chadar Trek

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2016 Challenging Aspects Of Chadar Trek

You may find the camping tour packages of Chadar trek fascinating but there are several other difficulties that one can face during this captivating trip. Read on to know the full story.


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resently, this winter trek is very popular among people in India as well as outside India. This trek is called “Chadar” because of the shield that snow creates over the river. Znaskar River is flowing above 10,000 feet altitude through Ladakh and Zanskar regions and freezes every year in winter during the month of January and February. During this period the mountains are usually covered with snow and the roads are shut down till summers. Usually the best time to buy the camping tour packages to Chadar trek. During this wonderful journey people can meet

porters, the hardy local people of Zanskar who can make this journey less difficult for the outsiders. Sometime the ice sheet is not at its best and they have to lift the heavy weights on their back. It’s sometime watching people crossing such thin layer of ice with this much weight and other times they have no choice but to bear up the freezing water of the river. There are many challenges in this trek that must one be prepare of before buying the camping tour packages of such treks. During the journey people may face environmental


issues. They have to carry the kerosene for cooking and the bone fire to keep them warm by burning the wood. Some of the trekkers do not rely on kerosene and use wood instead. Unfortunately, as the number of travellers is increasing wood is getting harder to find. Also the human waste problem has increased manifold in the recent past. Urinating on the ice is polluting the river that eventually goes to the villagers. Since 2011 the number of travellers was not more than 200 per year. However, it has been noticed many camping tour packages of Chadar trek is available in lesser prices that is apparently attracting more people towards this beauteous place. Resultant

we can see more waste at this non ecofriendly place. The prices to reach at this place have dropped down by more than 60% in last four years that is deteriorating the sheer beauty of this place. Apart from all these issues high altitude requires mental strength and endurance. The major difficulty that Chadar trek has harsh climate conditions due to high altitude that apparently makes the journey exhausting where the expertise of the travellers can be utilized. The district administration should enforce some measures that support environment so that people can earn this life time


experience by camping tour packages of Chadar.

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