Kolahoi Glacier Trek
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Baltal Valley (Amarnath Base)
Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The tent city under Zoji La where the short, steep Amarnath route begins — a glacier-fed campground of prayer flags, ponies and pre-dawn departures.
Aru Valley
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
A hamlet-in-a-meadow up the Lidder's west fork — trailhead for Kolahoi glacier and Tarsar-Marsar, all pony bells, shepherd huts and towering green walls.
Thajiwas Glacier
Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir
Sonamarg's resident glacier — a short pony trail to snowfields that survive high summer, sledge runs and silver waterfalls off the ice.
Sonamarg (Meadow of Gold)
Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The Sindh valley's golden meadow under a wall of glaciers — gateway to Thajiwas, Zoji La and Ladakh, ablaze with wildflowers in July.
Chandanwari & Sheshnag Lake
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
The Amarnath Yatra's first snow-bridge camp and, a day's climb above, the seven-peaked emerald lake of the serpent king at 3,590 m.
Betaab Valley
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
The deodar-ringed meadow on the Lidder that Bollywood named — lawns, snow-peak frames and river islets on the Chandanwari road.
Amarnath Cave Shrine
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
The 3,888-m cave of the naturally forming ice Shivalinga, waxing and waning with the moon — goal of one of Hinduism's greatest high-altitude pilgrimages.
Zoji La Pass
Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The 3,528-m knife-cut between Kashmir and Ladakh — a legendary cliff road above snow walls, guarded by the Zojila war memorial at Gumri.
Zoji La Pass
Dras, Ladakh
The knife-cut 3,528-m gateway between Kashmir and Ladakh — snow canyons in spring and the 1948 tank-assault legend of Operation Bison.
Tarsar Marsar Trek
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
Twin almond-shaped alpine lakes at 4,000 m joined by a ridge crossing — many trekkers' pick as India's prettiest moderate trek, out of Aru.
Tulian Lake
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
A blue-ice tarn at 3,684 m between the Pir Panjal and Zanskar lines — the tough day-trek prize above Baisaran, often ringed by snow into July.
Lidder River Rafting, Pahalgam
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
Grade II–III snowmelt runs down the Lidder's boulder gardens — short, cold, gloriously scenic white water between pine walls.