2015.08.15 - D10, Trek Stok Kangri: Zingchan Camp - Leh
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 15.69 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,037 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 984 ft
- Max elevation
- 11,871 ft
- TrailRank
- 46
- Min elevation
- 11,138 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 hours 19 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3369
- Uploaded
- August 16, 2015
- Recorded
- August 2015
near Zinchan, Jammu and Kashmīr (India)
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Day 10/10 - August 15, 2015:
Zingchan camp (3,587 m) - Leh (3,500 m)
Duration: 3:15 hours
Highlight: Leh (3,500 m)
Distances and accumulated altitude: 25 km (11 km by car), +320 m / -300 m
Full route: 2015.08.06-15 - Trek Stok Kangri, Ladakh (10 days)
The last stage of this trek takes place in a mineral environment, very warm too. After having visited the charming village of farmers that is Zingchan, we leave behind the dirty and dusty camp of the same name to resume the route in the direction of the valley of Leh. We follow the road under construction that in a few years will connect the town of Rumbak to civilization until after about an hour, we reach the Indus River. Before the division in 1947 of ancient India into the modern states of India and Pakistan, the Indus was the second most important river in the region, after the Ganges River, both in cultural and commercial terms. At present, it is the longest river in Pakistan and provides the key water resources for the economy of this country. Once arrived in Zingchan, most of the mountaineers hire the services of a taxi to take them directly to Leh, which makes us few to walk on the road. The landscape, however, mineral, arid, is a spectacle. Suddenly we passed an entrance sign (in our case exit) to the High Altitude National Park of Hemis. In front of us, a great valley is drawn: Phey, Spituk and then Leh, our adventure comes to an end ...
Zingchan camp (3,587 m) - Leh (3,500 m)
Duration: 3:15 hours
Highlight: Leh (3,500 m)
Distances and accumulated altitude: 25 km (11 km by car), +320 m / -300 m
Full route: 2015.08.06-15 - Trek Stok Kangri, Ladakh (10 days)
The last stage of this trek takes place in a mineral environment, very warm too. After having visited the charming village of farmers that is Zingchan, we leave behind the dirty and dusty camp of the same name to resume the route in the direction of the valley of Leh. We follow the road under construction that in a few years will connect the town of Rumbak to civilization until after about an hour, we reach the Indus River. Before the division in 1947 of ancient India into the modern states of India and Pakistan, the Indus was the second most important river in the region, after the Ganges River, both in cultural and commercial terms. At present, it is the longest river in Pakistan and provides the key water resources for the economy of this country. Once arrived in Zingchan, most of the mountaineers hire the services of a taxi to take them directly to Leh, which makes us few to walk on the road. The landscape, however, mineral, arid, is a spectacle. Suddenly we passed an entrance sign (in our case exit) to the High Altitude National Park of Hemis. In front of us, a great valley is drawn: Phey, Spituk and then Leh, our adventure comes to an end ...
Waypoints
Waypoint
11,185 ft
END OF TREK - Spituk Village (3.410 m)
Information point
Mountain hut
11,858 ft
Leh (3.615 m)
Mountain hut
11,467 ft
Lha-ri-mo hotel (3.495 m)
Campsite
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