Title:

Stok Hemis (via) Markha Valley

Duration:

07 Nights / 08 Days

Best Season:

October end

Altitude:

5150 M

Itinery:

It is the most easily accessible and beautiful trekking route, popular and frequented by all trekkers to this region. All paths are well defined and newly built bridges are available to cross-rivers.

Stok-Foot of Stock-la (4900 M) ... 3 hours. After passing off Stok village and following left bank of the river for two hours, climb gently leaving a small pass on the left, continue onto a small valley and camp overnight. It is the foot of Stock-la.

Foot of Stok-la - Stock-la (4900 M) - Yurutse ... 6 to 7 hours.

Yurutse - Ganda-la - Sklu ... 6 to 7 hours. Sklu is a few hundred metres away to the east of Shingo.

Sklu - Markha ... 7 hours A good path continues on the right bank from Skiu to Markha. It is all round green. After crossing left bank by a bridge, mountainscape changes to barren and by passing barren plain, again cross a bridge to the right bank, you arrive at Chaluk Village with few houses. Cross the river, walk along the left bank, cross again and after a short climb is a beautiful Markha Village with very good camping sites beyond houses near the river.

Markha - Tchatchutse ... 6 to 7 hours Ascent to the main valley on right bank of the river. By passing off Humlung monastery, follow right bank upto Hankar Village with few houses. Now path is good. A little ahead of Hankar, leaving broad valley on the right side, cross bridge, which joins the trail from Hemis - Padam via Jumlam and Hemis - Darcha via Rupshu. Now valley narrows and goes higher. Cross onto the left bank by a bridge and arrive at Tchatchutse camp.

Tchatchutse - Nimaling (4700 M) ... 3 hours Now path is well marked, river is quite far to the left, walk near a small lake, cross pastures to reach Nimaling (4700 M). It is a most beautiful valley in Ladakh and Kang Yaze (6400 M) peak dominates the valley. From Nimaling, there are so many routes leading to the summit.

Nimaling - Kongmaru-la (5150 M) - Shang ... 8 hours After a long zig - zag climb along the mountainside takes you to Kongmaru - La (5150 M) in about 1 1/2 to 2 hours from Markha. Steep descent upto 4700 M - a beautiful campsite - then to a stream, now descent into gorges with two stretches (very difficult for horses) after leaving the gorges, and walking on the left bank, Chukirmo is reached. After Chukirmo walking in the riverbed is difficult, sometimes on left, sometimes on right arrive at Shang. A small gompa is 1 hour away from Shang.

Shang - Hemis ... 3 to 4 hours Walking in river-bed again, then following a good path and going to the left bank arrive at a dusty trail and by passing a small house and series of chortens arrive at Martselang. Now leaving Martselang on right side and following a gentle upward trail arrive at Hemis. Drive to leh.

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