Kinner Kailash Trek- The toughest Shiv Yatra (4800M)

Kinnaur Kailash Trek
Trek Distance : 16 Kms
Altitude : 4800 M
District : Kinnaur
State : Himachal Pardesh
Best Time when Yatra open 1-10 August

Kinner Kailash (4800M)

History of Kinner Kailash

Kinner Kailash is considered the point where the gods reside. As per mythological belief, every winter Lord Shiva used to conduct a meeting of goddesses and gods here at Kinner Kailash.

A natural pond which is also known as Parvati Kund near Kinner Kailash peak is considered to be a creation of Goddess Parvati. It is also said that it is a meeting place for Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati. For this reason, Ganesh Park or Kailash Darshan Park was earlier called Ashiqui Park. The Yatra takes place every year during the time of August by devotees of Lord Shiva.

Day 1- Chandiagrh to Kinnaur ( Travel) & Trek tanglik village to Ganesh Park campsite.

This was one of the toughest treks of life and I think anyone can only attempt this trek because the trek is full of challenges. So finally that day of my life where my friends and I decided to go for this Trek. We took a bus from Chandigarh Bus stand at 5:30 PM and reached Kinnaur in the Morning at 7:30 AM and had breakfast in Kinnaur then on the way for the trek. The first challenge of the trek was crossing the Satluj river with a small jhula that was really scary. After crossing the Jhula the challenge was going to be started. Trek start from Tanglik Village. A steep hike on the way to Ganesh park. We started our trek around 10 AM and it’s a tough one climb on the way to base camp Ganesh park. We were a group of 10 trekkers and everyone having a different speed of climbing. We saw the beauty of the trek while climbing towards the base. I felt that this will be the real challenge of my life to climb this powerful place of Lord Shiva. I clicked some splendid shots of the beauty of this trek and finally reached the base camp (Ganesh park). I recommend you all trekkers please go when Yatra starts and that’s the best time for this trek (August1-10). Ganesh park is having options to stay. There are lots of camps to stay. We reached around 5 PM and captured the amazing beauty of Ganesh park. Around 9 PM we slept because we need to wake up early in the Morning and Climb for Summit (Kinner Kailash).

Day 2 – Ganesh Park to Kinner kailash & Trek down to Ganesh park.

Ganesh Park: We woke up around 3:30 AM in the morning. Now that was the biggest challenge I had face in my life. We were carrying a small bag in which we carried some Paranthas, biscuits, candies, glucose-D and water bottles. We could not take our backpacks because we had to come back to Ganesh park. There was no option to stay in between the Kailash to Ganesh Park, the only option was Guffa but that place is mostly full and not having so many tents. It’s really a big challenge when doing trekking in the night because it’s too cold at night. Around 7 Am we took a rest in a place and the amazing view of the Morning clouds was just down from me. We started our breakfast but the paranthas were just frozen because of the cold and the only option left for us was eating biscuits and candies. Wow, a man with that how could we survive?

We started on the way to Parvati Kund and now the altitude is 4200 meters. Few friends of mine were suffering from Acute mountain sickness because of high altitude and had not to drink lots of water. The only option was glucose. I recommend you guys to always carry glucose while trekking and it will give you so much energy. We only had that option and water.

I already covered Shrikhand Mahadev but this trek difficulty was challenging. After trekking from Parvati Kund the oxygen was low and our speed was slow towards the Kailash. We faced a wind storm on our way. Locals already informed us about this storm and asked us to reach Kailash around 12 PM because after 12 PM there could be a wind Strome on the Kailash. We stuck in that Strome and waited for the storm to end. The storm was completely scary. We somehow managed to hide in the Rocks. Finally, Strom ended and we started our trek to Kailash. Finally, we reached the power full place of shiva around 1 PM. Altitude around 4800 meters and 70 feet shivling in front of you. Wow man, that was the magical moment of my life. Tears were in my eyes. Tears of happiness to reach the summit.

We spent 30-40 minutes there because the weather conditions were not good and started trekking downhill. Again there was a challenge to climb downhill as we didn’t have so much to eat because no shops were between Ganesh park to Kailash. Ohh Man such a big test for us. While trekking Downhill we lost our way around 5:30 PM the Visibility is again reduce. We didn’t stop our trek we had to reach the Ganesh park because there were no other options to stay in between the trek.

We reached Guffa around 8 PM and ask for a stay but there was no stay due to the lack of tents at that point. We were Hungry and energy was low in our body at that time and we only had Glouse and water. Already 14 hours spent on trekking and the longest day of trekking. Finally, we reached Ganesh Park at 10 PM and that was a relief. I 16 hours spent trekking and had not eaten anything only biscuits and glouse. I must say we survived.

I think it was the Power of Shiva with us that was the only reason we climbed to the summit.

Day 3- Ganesh park to Tanglik Village.

Ganesh Park: Next day morning we started our trek to the Tanglik Village. Around 4-5 hours to reach the Village and spend some time in Kinnaur. Around 2 PM we took our bus for Chandigarh. One more Kailash trek was completed.

Recommendation for everyone we really want to go trek like 4500 meters and above start Jogging and some daily exercises. Quit drinking and Smoking they are not good for trekkers.

Prepare your Mind first for high altitude trek. Trekking is a challenging sport when you climb high-altitude treks.