PINDARI GLACIER –GRANDEUR OF THE HIMALAYA

There are many glaciers in the Himalaya, but Pindari glacier is the most popular, since it is most easily accessible within the reach of common trekkers. The rewards are many beautiful mountains, flora and fauna, water falls, and snowy ranges all within your range.
There is high elevated circumference of 110 kms around Nanda Devi, Pindari glacier at the lower edge of this circumference.
The Pindari glacier in the Bageshwar dist of Kumaon Himalaya, in the Indian state of Uttaranchal, is in the Nanda Devi and Nandakot Peaks, 5 kms long, 6m high and 2.5m wide, the altitude is 4000m to 5000m.
The Pindar river emerges from this Pindari glacier.
The traditional route from Delhi is as under.
From Delhi to Bageshwar - 16 hour drive, smooth no problems for vehicles.
Bageshwar is the last town, with STD booth, last place of gas station, local govt accommodation facility is available here.
From Bageshwar to Song, at an altitude of 1300 m, the distance is 40 kms and it should take 2 hours by jeep, the roads are not good but the worst as well.
From Song , walk the distance to Loharkhet , the walk is long, hard and dry, altitude 1800 m, the local govt has some accommodation facility.
From Loharkhet to Dhaukri to Khati to Dwali to Phurkiya to ZERO POINT OF PINDARI GLACIER.
From the distance the frozen streams look like puzzle, Pindar river looks like a mystery, always trying to fight with the ice which tries to choke it and the river always trying to cut into the glacier.
The trip to Pindari glacier ends up to a arbitrary zero point, beyond this point the visitor shall not able to see the Nanda Devi and still Himalayan Peaks are beckoning .