Recently a friend of mine asked me to suggest a nice 3 day / 2 night Himalayan traverse for him…
Open Street MapsData modelViewers, OpenTopo, Thunderforest, EditorsHiking – waymarked trails, brouter.deMobile apps, OSMAndHiking RoutesGeo-coding waypoints, trails, GPXElevation profileBlogs, Wikiloc, Ramblr,…
This page consolidates explorations by @zeeshanmushtaqq of alpine lakes in Kashmir. More details on the blog alpinewanderer Overview map of…
While planning a traverse through the Himalayas we need to take into account the seasons. During winter the snowline descends…
Link to The Himalayan Journal Volume 77
Introduction No doubt the most detailed topographic maps of the Western Indian Himalayas are published by the Survey of India.…
Open Street Maps This post provides a step by step tutorial on how to start hiking in the Himalayas. Focus…
This online course consolidates my extensive alpine hiking experience exploring more than 300 high passes across the Western Himalayas. 50+…
Introduction Yuvaraj who completed my Online Alpine Bootcamp was requesting for a nice 10 day circuit near Manali for the…
The lack of accurate, detailed maps have always hampered independent hikers to explore the Himalayas. Initiated during the 2020 lockdown…