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Melting ice tongues give way to a small tarn that will become part of an alpine meadow in a few weeks' time. Until then, it hosts a few ice floes. Meanwhile, the snow tongues next door would be ideal spots to hunt for Snow Leopard and fox pug-marks! The Potentilla atrosanguinea and Geum elatum don't waste time and have started with their flowering, awaiting the formation of the alpine meadow... A half frozen lake stands still at this 11000 feet altitude meadow in Uttarakhand. A splendid natural scenery awaits on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand. Flowers are in full bloom in the meadows of these basins, specially in the monsoon and post monsoon season. Campers and trekkers list this place as their favourite in India as camping he
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