Janshai meadows and Andrap/Kooh lake 3 days trip with a dozen glacier crossing and a dozen water crossings

Janshai Meadow is a wide meadow in Anakar valley near Kamal. A scenic, however dry trek from Anakar Village will take you to Janshai in 3-4 hours. Trek is initially mild but after 30 minutes it turns into a rather steep hike for next 30 minutes. After which you divert into forest and it gets mild. Once you traverse from Anakar to Janshai Valley, trek descends slowly towards meadow. It offers spectacular views of Mankiyal Mountain, Gabral and Desan meadows. Janshai meadow had yellow blossom and all the shepherd's huts were available. It was my second time there, in a newly built hut. Next day on our departure, lots of shepherded went to Janshai with their livestock. We were lucky to have caught the blossom before it was eaten by the cows and horses.
Janshai Valley also has a lake known as Masteej/Pearl lake but due to it's very high altitude, it was not possible to access it in May.


Kooh lake also called a colour changing lake which is located in anakar kalam valley. The Trek to lake starts from Anakar village For which we cam back from Janshai Meadows to the spot which were started the trek on first day. For most of it's part, it is a jeep track till Maidan banda, except for the areas where it has been swept away by landsliding or is covered by glacier. From maidan Banda, Lake is a two hours hike half of which is scenic meadow and final hour is a hike through boulders.

At many places you would trek through sea of boulders and rocks and might twist your ankle. I have never seen a trek with so many picturesque and fairy tale spots. Since you trek with the river originating from the Lake, you always have access to water. Not to mention countless springs and water crossings on the way.

We did the trek on third week of May and whole valley was blossomed with pink, red, while, yellow and purple flowers. It was magical.
Lake itself was almost frozen with glaciers from the mountains still depositing snow on it. We went and took a bath in the cold water of the lake. it was very rewarding.

Trek back was extremely fun as we completed it almost non-stop.
Since all three days were sunny, we got to capture some stunning pictures and make amazing videos.

Check out my instagram for pictures and videos of the trek.