The classic first snow summit, through silent pine forest.
Six days from the apple orchards of Sankri to a summit that looks straight across at Swargarohini. If you have never stood on snow at dawn, start here.
Day 1 · 1,950 m
Sankri village · Drive from Dehradun · 7 hrs
Slate roofs, woodsmoke and apple orchards at the edge of Govind National Park. Over a slow dinner your trek leader walks you through the week, and twelve strangers start becoming a team.
Day 2 · 2,780 m
Juda ka Talab · 4 km · 5 hrs
The trail climbs through pine, oak and rhododendron to a small lake held in the forest. Somewhere along the way the phone signal quietly gives up, and so do your shoulders.
Day 3 · 3,430 m
Kedarkantha base · 4 km · 4 hrs
The trees thin into open meadow and, all at once, the horizon fills with peaks: Swargarohini, Bandarpoonch, Black Peak. Camp tonight has the best view you'll ever have from a sleeping bag.
Day 4 · 3,810 m
Kedarkantha peak · 6 km · 9 hrs
A 3 a.m. start, a line of headlamps up the snow, and then the sun breaks over a sea of cloud. For a few minutes, nobody says a word.
Day 5 · 3,100 m
Hargaon camp · 5 km · 4 hrs
Easy miles down through the snowline to one last night under canvas. Hot halwa from the camp kitchen, a fire, and stories that are already getting taller.
Day 6 · 1,950 m
Sankri village · 6 km · 4 hrs
The notifications return all at once. Somehow, none of them feel quite as urgent as they did a week ago.
The Kedarkantha trek takes 6 days with Wifi to Wild, starting and ending at Sankri village in Uttarakhand.
The highest point is Kedarkantha peak at 3,810 m, reached on day 4.
Dec – Apr. It is one of our winter snow treks; the next departure is 14 Dec.
Kedarkantha is graded Easy–Moderate. You walk 6 days and climb to 3,810 m, so you should be comfortable walking five to six hours a day.
Kedarkantha costs from ₹9,999 per person with Wifi to Wild, including certified trek leader and local crew, all meals on the trail, cooked fresh, tents, sleeping bags and microspikes, forest permits and camping fees.
It starts at Sankri village (1,950 m). Drive from Dehradun · 7 hrs.
Winter snow
Uttarakhand
A frozen lake with Trishul and Nanda Ghunti for company.
From ₹10,499
Next departure 21 Dec
Monsoon meadows
Uttarakhand
A UNESCO valley that blooms in hundreds of colours after the rains.
From ₹12,499
Next departure 12 Jul
High pass
Himachal Pradesh
Cross from green Kullu into the bare, high desert of Lahaul.
From ₹11,499
Next departure 7 Jun