2015.08.06-15 - Trek Stok Kangri, Ladakh (10 days)
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- Distance
- 95.95 mi
- Elevation gain
- 16,827 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 16,827 ft
- Max elevation
- 20,076 ft
- TrailRank
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87
5
- Min elevation
- 10,648 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 9 days one hour 53 minutes
- Coordinates
- 21938
- Uploaded
- August 16, 2015
- Recorded
- August 2015
near Leh, Jammu and Kashmīr (India)
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2015.08.06-15 - Trek Stok Kangri, Ladakh (10 days)
Distances and total ascent: 154 km (40 by car from Leh to start), +5,130 m
Day 1: Leh (3,500 m) - Shang Sumdo (3,683 m)
Day 2: Shang Sumdo (3,683 m) - Shang Phu (4,378 m)
Day 3: Shang Phu (4,378 m) - Matho Phu (4,492 m)
Day 4: Matho Phu (4,492 m) - Manikarmo (4,491 m)
Day 5: Manikarmo (4,491 m) - Stok Kangri base camp (5,046 m)
Day 6: Base camp (5,046 m) - Stok Kangri (6,153 m) - Base camp
Day 7: Stok Kangri Base camp (5.046 m) - Stok The base (4.437 m)
Day 8: Stok Base (4,437 m) - Rumbak camp (4,355 m)
Day 9: Rumbak camp (4,355 m) - Zingchan camp (3,587 m)
Day 10: Zingchan camp (3,587 m) - Leh (3,500 m)
Leh, August 6, 2015. When I wake up this morning in the small hotel room of the Ladakhi capital, I recognize that ambiguous feeling of the days of transition when something is over, and something is about to begin. The beginning of a new adventure. We've been six days since we left Barcelona and three here since our arrival in Nueva Dehli. Enough to help in our process of acclimatization to the height and a minimum to enjoy the local culture, as well as to explore the fantastic Buddhist monasteries of the area: Spituk Gompa, Shankar, Thiksey, Namgyal Tsemo Gompa ... But today it is day of change, we noticed it in the air. And today we will leave everything that the comforts of civilization bring to our lives to enter a mineral, mystical world, that of the mountains of the Himalayas.
Ladakh, sometimes called "Little Tibet" because of its geographical appearance and its indigenous culture, is located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India and is bounded on the north by the Kunlun Mountains and on the south by the immense chain of the Himalayas. The region of Ladakh or "land of the high passes" in the word Ladakhi, is inhabited by a population of Indo-A and Tibetan descent and is one of the least populated areas of Kashmir. The contemporary borders of Ladakh include Tibet to the east, the district of Lahaul and Spiti to the south (Indian state of Himachal Pradesh), the valley of Kashmir and Baltistan to the west and northwest and the Sinkiang region in the People's Republic of China , to the north.
In the past, Ladakh was important because of its strategic location at a crossing point of several important trade routes, but since the Chinese authorities closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the mid-1960s, international trade has declined. Since 1974 the government of India has promoted tourism to Ladakh although the area is still a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. Since then, it is renowned for the beauty of its remote mountains and its culture.
Ladakh is the highest plateau of Indian Kashmir, more than three thousand meters above sea level, forming a cold desert of high altitude as the Himalayas surround the area, preventing the entry of rain and clouds of the monsoon in summer. After Siberia, this region is the coldest inhabited area of our planet with winters that reach fifty degrees below zero. An inhospitable and barren region, where there is almost no humidity and its meager vegetation determines the shortage of oxygen in the air, in a much smaller proportion than in other places at the same altitude. An amazing and beautiful landscape, where the lakes of brackish waters simulate calm mirrors of cobalt and emerald tones that reflect the snowy peaks, such as the Tso Moriri or Tso Kar lakes, at a height of four thousand five hundred meters.
Type of trek:
It is an alternative to the famous Markha valley trek, shorter but wilder at the same time, mountainous, with a route at a higher altitude (several hills of more than 4,900 meters); Of course, without crossing any village or village between Shang Sumdo and Rumbak (no accommodation or access to electricity, running water, or mobile coverage).
It is a trekking of medium hardness. Any person with a good physical shape and used to doing sport will enjoy it. The day of the summit is substantially harder than the rest of the days and to reach the top you will have to be quite motivated, especially if the year you play has abundant snow like 2015. The best time is the European summer, in the month of August (due to its geographical location north of the Himalayas, Ladakh, unlike the rest of India, is protected from the monsoons). The ascent is not technically complicated but requires great effort. All those who want to try the summit should be familiar with the use of ice ax and crampons. The trek runs through high valleys between 3,500 and 5,000 meters high and between Shang Sumdo the first day and Rumbak the eighth day, it is not passed through any village or village. Which, requires carrying a tent or bivouac for camping, or having the services of a local agency or in the country of origin for the services of a guide, cook and horses for the transport of the material (see contacts below) ). However, in the course of the trekking we will pass by some stops or "parachute" that can provide us with hot and cold foods as well as various elements of first necessity such as tobacco, batteries, etc. There are no showers or toilets during the trek, although we will find rivers where we can wash every day. The climate in Ladakh is very dry in the lower parts around 3,500 meters and extremely hot. In the high parts above 4,500 meters, it refreshes at night, easily falling from zero degrees.
Backpack idea (50 liters):
Money, valid passport, medical insurance, maps, knife, fork, mobile (sometimes you can find coverage) and charger, GPS and batteries, camera, cap, sunglasses, canes, sun protection, lips protection, small toiletry bag (brush , soap, toilet glove, deodorant, etc.), small towel, front, first aid kit (procure aspirin for the subject), survival blanket, lighter and newspaper, water bottle, earplugs, toilet paper, plastic bags, padlock , some book. Summer mountain boots and winter boots + leggings (ascension to the Stok Kangri), fine tights and thermal t-shirt, underwear, technical shirts (5), socks (5 + 1 fat), polar or primaloft, soft shell type + anorak / raincoat type Gore-tex, mountain trousers and trousers Gore or raincoat, shorts (1), hat, mountain gloves for the day of summit. Short ice ax and crampons (summit). Sleeping bag (sack sheet and recommended sleeping bag), tent if necessary, sandals. Water, some vacuum sausage, nuts, chocolate, cookies ...
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Tip idea / pers. - guide: 2000 rp (~ 30 €), cook and muleteer: 1500 rp (~ 20 €), assistant cook: 1000 rp (~ 15 €).
Local agency: www.indiaadventure.com
Manali - Nagar Road Manali (Kullu)
Contact: Mr. Norbu Bodh - + 91/9418059251
Email: manali@indiainsighttours.com
Barcelone agency: www.taranna.com
C / Vallespir, 174 (Barcelona)
Contact: Mr. Marco Centomo - + 34/934 11 83 73
Email: trekking@taranna.com
Distances and total ascent: 154 km (40 by car from Leh to start), +5,130 m
Day 1: Leh (3,500 m) - Shang Sumdo (3,683 m)
Day 2: Shang Sumdo (3,683 m) - Shang Phu (4,378 m)
Day 3: Shang Phu (4,378 m) - Matho Phu (4,492 m)
Day 4: Matho Phu (4,492 m) - Manikarmo (4,491 m)
Day 5: Manikarmo (4,491 m) - Stok Kangri base camp (5,046 m)
Day 6: Base camp (5,046 m) - Stok Kangri (6,153 m) - Base camp
Day 7: Stok Kangri Base camp (5.046 m) - Stok The base (4.437 m)
Day 8: Stok Base (4,437 m) - Rumbak camp (4,355 m)
Day 9: Rumbak camp (4,355 m) - Zingchan camp (3,587 m)
Day 10: Zingchan camp (3,587 m) - Leh (3,500 m)
Leh, August 6, 2015. When I wake up this morning in the small hotel room of the Ladakhi capital, I recognize that ambiguous feeling of the days of transition when something is over, and something is about to begin. The beginning of a new adventure. We've been six days since we left Barcelona and three here since our arrival in Nueva Dehli. Enough to help in our process of acclimatization to the height and a minimum to enjoy the local culture, as well as to explore the fantastic Buddhist monasteries of the area: Spituk Gompa, Shankar, Thiksey, Namgyal Tsemo Gompa ... But today it is day of change, we noticed it in the air. And today we will leave everything that the comforts of civilization bring to our lives to enter a mineral, mystical world, that of the mountains of the Himalayas.
Ladakh, sometimes called "Little Tibet" because of its geographical appearance and its indigenous culture, is located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India and is bounded on the north by the Kunlun Mountains and on the south by the immense chain of the Himalayas. The region of Ladakh or "land of the high passes" in the word Ladakhi, is inhabited by a population of Indo-A and Tibetan descent and is one of the least populated areas of Kashmir. The contemporary borders of Ladakh include Tibet to the east, the district of Lahaul and Spiti to the south (Indian state of Himachal Pradesh), the valley of Kashmir and Baltistan to the west and northwest and the Sinkiang region in the People's Republic of China , to the north.
In the past, Ladakh was important because of its strategic location at a crossing point of several important trade routes, but since the Chinese authorities closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the mid-1960s, international trade has declined. Since 1974 the government of India has promoted tourism to Ladakh although the area is still a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. Since then, it is renowned for the beauty of its remote mountains and its culture.
Ladakh is the highest plateau of Indian Kashmir, more than three thousand meters above sea level, forming a cold desert of high altitude as the Himalayas surround the area, preventing the entry of rain and clouds of the monsoon in summer. After Siberia, this region is the coldest inhabited area of our planet with winters that reach fifty degrees below zero. An inhospitable and barren region, where there is almost no humidity and its meager vegetation determines the shortage of oxygen in the air, in a much smaller proportion than in other places at the same altitude. An amazing and beautiful landscape, where the lakes of brackish waters simulate calm mirrors of cobalt and emerald tones that reflect the snowy peaks, such as the Tso Moriri or Tso Kar lakes, at a height of four thousand five hundred meters.
Type of trek:
It is an alternative to the famous Markha valley trek, shorter but wilder at the same time, mountainous, with a route at a higher altitude (several hills of more than 4,900 meters); Of course, without crossing any village or village between Shang Sumdo and Rumbak (no accommodation or access to electricity, running water, or mobile coverage).
It is a trekking of medium hardness. Any person with a good physical shape and used to doing sport will enjoy it. The day of the summit is substantially harder than the rest of the days and to reach the top you will have to be quite motivated, especially if the year you play has abundant snow like 2015. The best time is the European summer, in the month of August (due to its geographical location north of the Himalayas, Ladakh, unlike the rest of India, is protected from the monsoons). The ascent is not technically complicated but requires great effort. All those who want to try the summit should be familiar with the use of ice ax and crampons. The trek runs through high valleys between 3,500 and 5,000 meters high and between Shang Sumdo the first day and Rumbak the eighth day, it is not passed through any village or village. Which, requires carrying a tent or bivouac for camping, or having the services of a local agency or in the country of origin for the services of a guide, cook and horses for the transport of the material (see contacts below) ). However, in the course of the trekking we will pass by some stops or "parachute" that can provide us with hot and cold foods as well as various elements of first necessity such as tobacco, batteries, etc. There are no showers or toilets during the trek, although we will find rivers where we can wash every day. The climate in Ladakh is very dry in the lower parts around 3,500 meters and extremely hot. In the high parts above 4,500 meters, it refreshes at night, easily falling from zero degrees.
Backpack idea (50 liters):
Money, valid passport, medical insurance, maps, knife, fork, mobile (sometimes you can find coverage) and charger, GPS and batteries, camera, cap, sunglasses, canes, sun protection, lips protection, small toiletry bag (brush , soap, toilet glove, deodorant, etc.), small towel, front, first aid kit (procure aspirin for the subject), survival blanket, lighter and newspaper, water bottle, earplugs, toilet paper, plastic bags, padlock , some book. Summer mountain boots and winter boots + leggings (ascension to the Stok Kangri), fine tights and thermal t-shirt, underwear, technical shirts (5), socks (5 + 1 fat), polar or primaloft, soft shell type + anorak / raincoat type Gore-tex, mountain trousers and trousers Gore or raincoat, shorts (1), hat, mountain gloves for the day of summit. Short ice ax and crampons (summit). Sleeping bag (sack sheet and recommended sleeping bag), tent if necessary, sandals. Water, some vacuum sausage, nuts, chocolate, cookies ...
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Tip idea / pers. - guide: 2000 rp (~ 30 €), cook and muleteer: 1500 rp (~ 20 €), assistant cook: 1000 rp (~ 15 €).
Local agency: www.indiaadventure.com
Manali - Nagar Road Manali (Kullu)
Contact: Mr. Norbu Bodh - + 91/9418059251
Email: manali@indiainsighttours.com
Barcelone agency: www.taranna.com
C / Vallespir, 174 (Barcelona)
Contact: Mr. Marco Centomo - + 34/934 11 83 73
Email: trekking@taranna.com
Waypoints
Mountain pass
15,459 ft
1er collado (4.712 m)
Mountain pass
15,489 ft
2o collado (4.722 m)
Mountain pass
16,122 ft
3er collado (4.915 m)
Risk
17,969 ft
Agua de superficie!
Information point
14,457 ft
Cambio de valle (4.407 m)
Waypoint
14,487 ft
Chorten Chen (doksa - 4.416 m)
Mountain pass
15,021 ft
Colladito (4.579 m)
Mountain pass
17,085 ft
Collado
Information point
17,784 ft
Crampones
Intersection
14,791 ft
Desvío Manikarmo (4.489 m)
Intersection
14,673 ft
Desvío a Rumbak camp (4.473 m)
Intersection
14,295 ft
Desvío a Stok La (4.358 m)
Waypoint
14,803 ft
Doksa (4.513 m)
Waypoint
15,055 ft
Doksa (4.589 m)
Waypoint
15,263 ft
Doksa (shepard house - 4.653 m)
Information point
11,185 ft
END OF TREK - Spituk Village (3.410 m)
Religious site
Information point
11,880 ft
Hemis National Park entry point Jingchain (3.622 m)
Waypoint
13,771 ft
Lato (piedras de dios, chorten - 4.198 m)
Mountain hut
11,858 ft
D1 - Leh (3.615 m)
Mountain hut
11,467 ft
Lha-ri-mo hotel (3.495 m)
Campsite
14,484 ft
D5 - Manikarmo (4.491 m)
Waypoint
14,547 ft
Matho doksa (4.434 m)
Campsite
14,736 ft
D4 - Matho Phu (4.492 m)
Waypoint
13,071 ft
Molino de agua (3.984 m)
Provisioning
13,135 ft
Parachute (4.004 m)
Bridge
13,358 ft
Puente (4.072 m)
Campsite
14,285 ft
D9 - Rumbak camp (4.355 m)
Mountain hut
13,534 ft
Rumbak village (4.126 m)
Information point
11,229 ft
Salida crta. (atajo - 3.423 m)
Mountain hut
13,156 ft
Shang (última aldea - 4.011 m)
Mountain pass
16,188 ft
Shang La (4.935 m)
Campsite
14,363 ft
D3 - Shang Phu (4.378 m)
Waypoint
15,240 ft
Shang Phu doksa (4.646 m)
Campsite
12,003 ft
D2 - Shang Sumdo (3.683 m)
Summit
Mountain pass
16,311 ft
Stok La (4.972 m)
Waypoint
13,584 ft
Stupa (chorten - 4.141 m)
Comments (16)
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Molt ben explicat i documentat. l'utilitzare com a referencia per el proper viatge a la zona de Leh.
Gracies!!!!
Moltes gràcies Kiikee2 pel teu comentari. M'alegro que t'hagi agradat la ruta i espero et pugui ser d'utilitat.
Salut i muntanya!
Berti
Bon dia Bertigps
Som un grup de 6 amics, anirem a leh del 1 al 18 de Febrer, farem esqui de muntanya, ja hem contactat amb algun guia pero encara no hem tancat res.
Serias tan amable de indicar-nos algun contacte interessant a leh: Guia de muntanya, agencia Trekking, Lodges.
Tambe necessito mapes per el gps, tens algun link per baixar algun mapa per gps??
Moltes gracies!!!!
Hola Kiikee,
Tema agències, pots contactar amb una local que es diu Indiaadventure i que està a Manali. Aquestes són les seves referències:
www.indiaadventure.com
Manali - Nagar Road Manali (Kullu)
Contacte: Mr. Norbu Bodh / +91 94180 59251
Email: manali@indiainsighttours.com
El nostre guia es deia Gombo i té perfil de WhatsApp: +91 86288 04873.
Pel que fa el tema mapes en canvi, nosaltres allà feíem servir mapes paper; no en teníem en format digital i em sembla que et costarà trobar-ne... Fins i tot les cases comercials no en proposen (al format .rtmap al menys, que és el que faig servir jo). El que sempre pots fer en canvi és escanejar un mapa paper del Parc Natural d’Hemis per exemple i calibrar-lo per ordinador. Jo ho faig amb Land.
Espero haber-te ajudat.
Salut i muntanya!
Berti
Bona tarda Berti, gracias per la info!!! Si, m’esta costant molt trobar mapa Rtmap, intentaré fer escáner i calibracio, pero ja no queda massa temps, marxem l’1 de Febrer, aquest divendres. Penjaré el que fem al meu perfil Wikiloc. Gracies altre cop!! Salutacions!!!
Hola Kiikee, sí, queda temps de sobres encara, el tema mapes és important. Has pogut contactar amb el Gombo? Per nosaltres va ser un molt bon guía però no sé si amb esquí de muntanya. Abrigar-vos: allà està nevant, amb temperatures bastant incòmodes si comença a bufar, cosa que afortunadament no sembla. Llegiré amb molt de gust les vostres aventures!
Salut, i muntanya!
Saludos . Conseguiste el mapa de la zona para wikiloc . y si es así donde. UN saludo
Hola Josemisg,
El tema mapas es complicado en la zona... Como le comentaba a Kiikee más arriba, cuando fuimos nosotros utilizamos mapas papel del parque natural que sí en cambio encontrarás bastante facilmemte desde España o allí, cuando lleguéis a Leh. Con unos waypoints precisos, te será fácil calibrarlos para utilizarlos en el GPS. Directamente en formato digital, por lo menos .rtmaps que son los que utilizo yo, puede que te cueste encontrar incluso de pago. Desde la app de Wikiloc puedes utilizar mapas OpenCycle que al menos proporcionan una información interesante sobre curvas de nivel, aldeas y ríos, así como los OpenStreet maps con una información limitada. Pero mejor eso que nada. Espero haberte ayudado.
Salut i botes!
Berti
Gràcies per la crònica i el track, són de molta utilitat. Una pregunta, el material per fer Stok Kangri, grampons i piolet, el veu llogar a la zona. El veu tenir que portar tots els dies del trekking?
Gràcies!
Francesc
Hola Francesc,
En tractar-se d'una travessia de diversos dies i amb bastant desnivell, nosaltres vam contractar els serveis d'un traginer. D'aquesta manera, queviures i material pesat anaven amb les mules. Crec que és una bona opció si voleu fer la travessia sencera. Si només voleu pujar l'Stok Kangri des de Rumbak o Stok (tres dies vía Manikarmo i camp base), és més prescindible. El material era nostre, tot i suposo trobaràs crampons i piolet per a llogar a Leh. Si hi aneu, ja explicaràs com us ha anat!
Salut i muntanyes,
Berti
Molt bones! aquest Juliol pensem fer un trekking per la zona del Ladakh i tenim el dubte de si a Leh podem trobar càrregues de "Camping gas" de rosca o de punxar la càrrega. Necessitem saber quin tipus de fogonet hem de portar.
Moltes gràcies!
Santi
Hola Santi, ostres, ara sí que m'has pillat! No et sabria dir... A Leh hi ha unes poques botigues d'esport però diria més bé de roba, poca cosa de material. Jo que tu preguntaria a una agència local que es diu Indiaadventure, a Manali: segur t'informaran. Sinó a Nova Dehli trobaràs de tot però tot i les normes de seguretat no siguin les d'Europa és clar que hauràs de facturar.
www.indiaadventure.com
Manali - Nagar Road Manali (Kullu)
Contacte: Mr. Norbu Bodh / +91 94180 59251
Email: manali@indiainsighttours.com
Espero haver-te ajudat; Salut i muntanya!
Berti
Hola! Gràcies per respondre de totes maneres. Seguirem buscant l'informacio, però a l'avió no crec que ens deixin portar les càrregues de gas pel fogonet (a la bodega de l'avió tampoc).
Gràcies
Santi
Bon dia!!!
Segons llegeixo, has estat a Ladahk. Jo hi vaig en 1 setmanta ;)
Em permets fer unes preguntes?
Quins cims vas fer? Nosaltres prenenem fer stok kangri i kang yatse II.
Llavors, vas contractar logistica alla??? Es que no hi ha massa informació a internet.
En cas que contractessis alla tema de mules cuiner etc... be? Els recomanaries? Em podries explicar q vas contractar i mes o meny preu???
Mil gracies per avançat :)
Sandra
Bon dia Sandra,
Abans de tot, disculpa la tardança en contestar: estem fora de Catalunya.
Nosaltres vam pujar l'Stok Kangri fent ruta entre Shang Sumdo i Rumbak és a dir, una alternativa al més conegut (i transitat) trek del Markha Valley.
Per a l'ascensió del Kang Yatse II vosaltres suposo pujareu des de Tachungtse fins al camp base (5.045 m) i des d'allí, un llarg dia d'ascensió fins el cim (6.195 m). La mateixa tarda del dia de l'ascensió se sol baixar a Nimaling per al lendemà pujar el Konmaru La i passar a la Vall de Stok. Fins Nimaling, passareu per molts petits pobles de la vall de Markha on podreu dormir i comprar queviures. Entre el Kang Yatse II i l'Stok Kangri en canvi la ruta és molt més salvatge i potser necessitareu un servei de mules i algú per a cuinar, sobretot si decidiu completar l'expedició cap a Shang Sumdo (la nostra ruta). Nosaltres vam contactar amb una agència local a Manali que es diu Indiaadventure (www.indiaadventure.com/ +91 9418059251/ manali@indiainsighttours.com) i pel que fa el preu, tenen una tarifa negociable per persona i dia de muntanya.
Espero haver-te ajudat i una vegada allà bona travessa, esperant les teves notícies!
Salut i muntanya,
Berti
PD: Sandra, en aquest web francesa trobaràs més informació sobre la ruta que voleu fer i potser, combinar amb la nostra ruta fins Shang Sumdo: https://www.atalante.fr/sejour/vallee-de-la-markha_-kang-yatse-ii-et-stok-kangri/iladmar2-ata
Salut,
Berti