Pleny of teahouse routes.
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Pleny of teahouse routes.
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In Reply to: Re: tea house trekking posted by kolobar on January 23, 2007 at 21:45:00:
: I am looking forward for the list too since I was quite surprised when I saw Pers answer. I suppose his answer is biased by his anti-TRC obsession.
No, TRC has nothing to with it. If there are tea house treks depends on other factors. The best areas are really where there are people and no roads.
The possibilities are infinite. Only a small part of the Himalaya is in Nepal. In addition to that you can trek in the Hindu Kush, the Ko Karakoram, and the Transhimalayan ranges (Ladakh Range, Zanskar Range etc). The mountains are vast and Nepal is just a small part of it, like Brazil is part of the Americas.
True, you will not find Indian or Paktistani teahouses as comfortable as Nepalese. They will be more like the Nepalese were some twenty or thirty years ago.
Some suggestions,
the Kafirvalleys in Chitral,
Shajinali in upper Chitral,
the valleys above Garum Chesma and Sosum in Chitral,
in Ladakh, Markha valley (stok to hemis) in July and August,
Lamayuru - Padum - Darcha, also in July and August,
Padum - Purni - Phuktal, stunning monastery.
in Lahul, Chandra Tal - Baralacha La,
above Man*ali, several routes NE.
In Kashmir, Amarnath, and also some stuff NW of Sonnamarg.
There is also a lot in Uttaranchal, e.g., Gangotri, Valley of Flowers.
There is more or less infinite possibilities, you will be less comfy than you would have been by a deforesting log fire in Ghorepani, but you can certainly do some exce*llent trekking and get far closer to the people than you would in Nepal, not least because you will not be rushing through with hundreds of others.
Per