snow

snow · river

A brilliant aerial view of the source of the Ganga, the Gangotri glacier, and the peaks around it. Mt.

hills · snow

The deodars are covered in snow, and the peaks in the range around Black Peak and Banderpunch are all covered in fresh snow, as seen from Harsil valley en route Gangotri, along the Ganges river valley in its upper reaches.

hills · snow

Rudugaira peak, peaks of the Nega-Nelang valley, Manda, Jogin, Auden's Col and Gangotri I, II and III peaks, with the Rudragaira glacier in between.

snow · hills

A lovely sunlit day in winter, in the lower Rudragaira valley, with a pan across the glacier and the Jogin range right up to the Gangotri peaks.

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

Highlands-based Martin Moran had been leading the group on the ascent of an unclimbed and unnamed 21,250ft (6,477m) summit in the Nanda Devi region in May. They were reported missing after an avalanche in the area.

snow · hills

The Jogin group of peaks separate the Rudragaira valley from the Thelaysagar-Brigupanth valley, and Kedar Tal, with Patangni Dhar separating the two valleys lower down the Jogin ridge.

snow · hills

A pile of stones creates a route marker known as a cairn or thoua en route the Gangotri peaks which can be clearly seen in bright winter light on the way up to Mt. Rudragaira in the Garhwal Himalaya.

snow · hills

A view from the summit of Mt. Rudragaira, after traversing the saddle of ice to reach it. And what a massive Himalayan glacier lies to the north of Rudragaira peak, fed by the Gangotri range peaks, with fields of wrinkled crevasses across t…

snow · hills

Himalayan snowpack runs deep on the Jogin and Gangotri peak ranges, as seen from Rudragaira, with Auden's Col in distance. The hanging glaciers on Jogin are rather awe-inspiring. See the lovely snow field on the summit ridge.

Himachal Pradesh·snow

Late spring snowfall isn't really unseasonal. Occasional snow storms are expected in late spring.

hills · snow

Agora village with the trees and hills around it blanketed in winter snow. This is the pit stop for the popular trek to Dodital or the Emerald Lake in Uttarakhand. Truly a winter wonderland in the Himalaya!

snow · hills

The twins peaks of Bandarpunch west and White Peak look altogether bereft of snow in early winter, with all the glacial crevasses open wide and exposed, just before the heavy late winter snows dump down and cover the peak in a blanket of th…

snow · river

Terminal icefall and water fall from the Chhaian Bamak glacier which comes from Bandarpunch peaks and range in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand in the western Himalaya, one of the critical water catchment areas for the Ganges riverine sy…

snow · river

Winter in the higher reaches of the Himalaya means frozen streams, a thick blanket of snow, snow covered Deodar trees and icicles. See all this and more just above Harsil on the way to Gangotri.

hills · snow

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

hills · monsoon

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

hills · snow

A lone yellow tent with smaller tents pitched on the ablation valley along a glacial shelf with the glacier separated by just a small ridge. A small glacial melt water lake is located at the edge of the moraine.

river · hills

Lots of cloud movement and activity in the later winter early spring season, as the Banderpunch range with White Peak sits covered in a deep blanket of snow and ice, at the head-waters of the Yamuna river.

hills · snow

The monsoon system retreats from the Himalaya, dumping down one last time in the form of the season's first heavy snowfall at high altitudes.

snow

The valley of Harsil in deep winter snow. The ridges are all blue and white, with cloud movement, on a bright wintery day in December, as one ascends the route to Gangotri. The ridges are located around the Banderpunch range.

hills · snow

Views of Mt. Bandarpunch, Black Peak (Kalanag) or Bandarpunch II, Hanuman and Jaonli, as seen from the Chhaiyan Bamak glacier in the Garhwal Himalaya.

hills · snow

A long stretch of glacier (literally a flowering river, as the bend in the glacier would suggest!) en route Kalindi Khal pass in the Garhwal Himalaya, with a morainic campsite of many tents of multiple colours, on a grim and overcast day.

monsoon · hills

Angry black monsoon clouds, laden with moisture approach the Rain towers of the world - the Himalaya - and rain down precipitation upon them en masse, to regenerate the glaciers and deep snow pack that feeds water to the Indian sub-continen…