Thursday, October 5, 2017

Drive from Lachen to Gurudongmar Lake

We managed to get some sleep in the very cold night at Lachen. We were up very early in the morning by 4 a.m for a drive of 67 kms to Gurudongmar Lake.



We passed through a beautiful valley Chopta Valley. It is located in-between Lachen and Gurudongmar which gets covered with flowers in spring and with snow during winter. 



As we go up the high altitude one can distinctly see the change in foliage. From green forests or large trees, the foliage changes to mostly smaller bushes. On either side of the road on come across beautiful snow covered peaks.



Beautiful Gurudongmar Lake which is located further up at an altitude of 17800 ft near Indo-Tibet border. 



20 comments:

SANDEEP PANWAR said...

अपनी ख्वाहिश भी है इधर जाने की, देखे कब मौका मिलता है।

rupam sarma said...

Truly Amazing views. Great post.

George said...

What beautiful scenery! I love the snow-covered mountains.

Al said...

Absolutely stunning - this is an area I'd so love to visit. Although I think it would spoil me for our mountains, my house is only at 7,100 feet elevation and I can only see a 14,115 foot peak from it. Yours are much more impressive.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Wow... that's some serious altitude! Beautiful photography.

Lady Fi said...

What majestic beauty!

Jim said...

Great shots

Photos by Stan said...

Grand mountain images....kudos also for the early rising.

Charlene N. K. said...

Wow, amazing mountain peaks! I would love to hike there.

Jane said...

Some nice shots here, thanks for sharing :)

riitta k said...

That mountain looks stunning.

Christine said...

Wow! Those mountains are awesome!

Dragonstar said...

How beautiful! Such a lovely post!

Angie said...

You had me entranced from the first picture - look at all that snow! Thanks for your sacrifice to bring us these great shots!

Klara said...

nice landscapes.

kwarkito said...

A beautiful series of photos that shows us how powerful and grandiose nature can be.Beautiful post.

Carol @Comfort Spring Station said...

A beautiful post with striking landscapes and a little group of flowers

Unknown said...

In one word- magnificent shots

RobertN said...

Beautiful series.

Jeevan said...

Sounds lovely journey through breathtaking views on snow mountains, forest and flowers