“Himalayas”

river · wildlife

The name Bandarpunch / Banderpunch (also spelt as Bandarpoonch) literally means “monkey’s tail” in Hindi and is a lovely mountain in the Western Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

snow

The Ounce of the Himalaya - nimble on steep rock and snow. This two year old female climbs and descends steep rock faces and slips down a freshly snowed-in ravine, only to quickly gather itself and pull out of the slide.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

It is rare to see the elusive and endangered Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) even in a zoo let alone its natural habitat.

Nepal·snow

See the scale of the Himalaya - these climbers appears as ants in front of the giant Khumbu seracs! Mountaineers move efficiently with their gears and cramponed shoes across mixed and ice terrain mountains during their Everest expedition.

Tungnath, Uttarakhand·hills · snow

The breathtaking landscape of Tungnath and Chopta reveals a stunning view from a snowy mountain peak in the Garhwal Himalayas.

hills · snow

View from a tele-lens of Bandarpunch’s summit with its corniced summit and lowest ice fall, and finally across the Bhagirathi valley a panorama from Srikantha to Gangotri peaks and Jaonli.

hills · snow

March 2020 saw heavy winter precipitation in the Himalaya. Our crew had gone to the Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh and was quite literally snowed out! The tent was weighed down with fresh overnight snow, between the middl…

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

A breathtaking Himalayan landscape unfolds in the scenic region of Chopta near Tungnath, located in the beautiful Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand.

Tungnath, Uttarakhand·hills · snow

A peaceful winter landscape unfolds in the snowy forests near Tungnath and Chopta, located in the beautiful Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

hills · aerial

Witness the majestic beauty of Sikkim’s snow-covered mountain peaks, bathed in the soft golden light of dawn or dusk.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · wildlife

While Spiti is beautiful in any month of the year, winter is completely different and magical, but quite adventurous and cold at the same time. Reaching Spiti itself in winter is a task.

hills · snow

An ascent of Black Peak or Banderpunch II (20, 956 feet altitude) in the Garhwal Himalaya, by an expedition from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA, in 1991.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Himachal Pradesh hill station roads covered with snow and even iced over, as our camera glides down the roads of a few towns in the mid-winter freeze. Winter in the Himalaya, in a mountain town. Ambuja Cement painted on a shop's shutter.

Uttarakhand·snow · aerial

High altitude secret world of a Himalayan glacier complaining about climate change, with melting lakes atop its moraine! Chaukhamba and lateral Kedarnath glacier stunning aerial view of Garhwal Himalaya, with emerald green glacial lakes.

wildlife · snow

Snow leopards have evolved to live in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Their white-grey coat spotted with large black rosettes blends in perfectly with the steep and rocky mountains of trans-Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·highway · snow

A brilliant view of the Gangotri wall, Rudragaira and Jaonli peaks as seen from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Himachal Pradesh·livestock · snow

Ibex grazes on dry grass in snow-covered Spiti Valley. Blue sheep forage on snow covered barren mountains in Spiti.

Uttarakhand·snow · farmland

An early winter light snowfall covers our Saffron crocus fields with a light dusting of powdery snow that will rapidly melt off when it warms, thus nicely watering the Crocus sativus bulbs within the ground, and the Agapanthus lilies later…

Ladakh·river · snow

A high mountain pass in Zanskar region of Jammu and Kashmir, Baralacha La means the pass where many roads meet. The pass connects Lahaul in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.

hills · snow

Ama Dablam is a mountain in the Himalaya range of eastern Nepal. The main peak is 6,812 metres (22,349 ft), the lower western peak is 6,170 metres (20,243 ft).

highway · snow

The customary stop at Dochula is a nice transition from the forested climb from Thimphu to the next drive across from the pass, and the lovely view of the Bhutanese snow peak range that Dochula affords one.

snow · river

Snow snow snow everywhere? Yippee, it's winter! Sorry to disappoint, but this is Ganga - Yamuna riverine pollution! Detergent foam flows down the river eternal, to provide that tens of thousands of crores of Rupees have literally gone down…

village · hills

Villagers slosh their way through a moderate snow-pack in winter, at Agoda village beyond Uttarkashi. Life is not easy during the winter months high in the Himalaya. With electricity often on the blink, it can be a rough ride.

Nepal·hills · snow

Pumori, Cho Oyo and Lho La pass from Kala Pattar above Everest Base with the sweeping Khumbu glacier below. A truly awe-inspiring view of the highest peaks in the world...