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Icicles hang down from the rock faces on the Gangotri range massif, as seen from the upper slopes of Rudragaira. This is prime Snow Leopard habitat! Gangotri peaks snow-pack glistens in evening sun, from Rudragaira's slopes.

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Glacier below Gangotri peaks, as seen from near summit of Rudragaira. This route from the Gangotri valley also leads to Khatling Bamak or glacier. The peaks of the Gangotri range, as seen during sunset one fall season, in September.

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Glacier below Gangotri peaks, as seen from near summit of Rudragaira. This route from the Gangotri valley also leads to Khatling Bamak or glacier. The peaks of the Gangotri range, as seen during sunset one fall season, in September.

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Unstable rocks and shale / slate slabs on the peak of Rudragaira, as climbers approach the summit in late fall / autumn, when the peak is befert of snow. Gangotri peaks snow-pack glistens in evening sun, from Rudragaira's slopes.

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The camera pans up to the summits of the elusive Gangotri peaks (not near Gangotri temple, but up the Rudragaira valley), as seen from the summit of Rudargaira, on a snowy stormy day.

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Glacier below Gangotri peaks, as seen from near summit of Rudragaira. This route from the Gangotri valley also leads to Khatling Bamak or glacier. The peaks of the Gangotri range, as seen during sunset one fall season, in September.

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Jogin peak spires tower in the Bhrigupanth and Thelaysagar valley. Glacier below Gangotri peaks, as seen from near summit of Rudragaira. This route from the Gangotri valley also leads to Khatling Bamak or glacier.

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Jogin peak spires tower in the Bhrigupanth and Thelaysagar valley where Kedar Tal is situated, as seen from across Patangni Dhar, and from the slopes of Rudragaira. Glacier below Gangotri peaks, as seen from near summit of Rudragaira.

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Trekkers return from the upper slopes of Rudragaira. Our tent is set up at Rudragaira base camp with a brahmkamal flower at the entrance, and sheep grazing outside.

hills · snow

Tree Pipit is a winter visitor that also breeds in North-West Himalayas. Buffish brown to greyish ground color to upperparts (lacking greenish-olive cast of the Olive-backed pipit), and buffish edges to wing feathers.

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Gangotri peaks snow-pack glistens in evening sun, from Rudragaira's slopes. Glacier below Gangotri peaks, as seen from near summit of Rudragaira. This route from the Gangotri valley also leads to Khatling Bamak or glacier.

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Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, as opposed to a ski lift.

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Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, as opposed to a ski lift.

snow · hills

During an avalanche, a mass of snow, rock, ice, soil, and other material slides swiftly down a mountainside. Avalanches of rocks or soil are often called landslides.

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Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, as opposed to a ski lift.

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snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. The Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.