ABHA (About Best Himalayan Adventures) – July 2019

Cost Box

Refer to Common Cost

Box Auli.

Getting around

On foot

Eat

Bring packed lunch and

water.

Permit

Uttarakhand Forest

Department officials

if present at Tower 10

collect a day hike fee

for Gorson Top: ₹30 per

person

Trekking Guide

If you are hiking in

winter, go with a guide.

Guide fee: ₹1,000 -1,500

or more

Gear

In winter and early

spring, use micro spikes

and / or a good walking

pole depending on snow

condition. Bring a good

pair of goggles, water

proof trousers, and good

quality woolens.

Mobile Network,

Internet, and

STDs

Mobile network was

weak at the skiing

slopes. The network

disappeared after Tower

10.

Info Bytes

Location

District Chamoli,

Uttarakhand, India

Hiking/

Trekking Route

+ approximate

Distance

Option 1:

Shail Shikhar Heritage

Inn (Auli) – Tower 10

(Auli) - Chauniaya Top

(in Gorson Meadow) -

Tower 10 (Auli) - Shail

Shikhar Heritage Inn

(Auli)

Total length of the

trek: 20km (Sonata

Pedometer Watch

reading)

Total length of the

trek: 14km (Guide’s

Estimates)

Total duration of the

trek: 5hrs (going) and

3hrs (returning)

If you want to go to

the highest point of

the meadow, Gorson

Top (approximately

3,850 m), you have to

trek another 2.5 km

(guide’s estimate) from

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