RoopKund Trek

Roop Kund (5029 m) is known as Mystery Lake because of the mystery surrounding the findings of the human skeletons and remains of horses around it. There are two versions of these findings. One that they are the remains of soldiers under General Jorawar Singh who had been on a mission to Tibet. Another story is that they are remains of people who went on a Raj Jat Yatra to the Trishul base about 200 years ago. The magnificent lake Roop Kund is below Trishul peak and is surrounded by rock strewn glaciers are snow clad peaks.

The starting point of this trek is Tharali which is connected by road from Rishikesh and Nainital. There are three different trekking routes to Roop Kund. The first and more popular one is trom Tharali-Debal-Mundoli Wan and then to Roop Kund, which is only 61 km whereas, the other route from Tharali-Debal-Mundoli-Lohajang-Roop Kund is 92 km. The third trekking route is from Ghat which is connected by a motorable road with Nandprayag. The route passes through lush green grassy land and coniferous forests trees clinging on to the slopes of hills. After this, the trek winds its way along the Pindar River on rocky face. Then to round off this trek one can approach Hemkund via Shail Samudra glacier and then trek to Ghat or Nandprayag. During trekking one can enjoy the view of Himalayan peaks Trishul, Nanda Ghunti and Badrinath.