One Day Trek To Gangbal lake
We Started trek at 5:30 AM from Naranag , first milestone is the steepest part in the whole trek known as butshiri top . butshiri top is at approx 10500ft altitude from sea level . we reached butshiri at 8:00 Am. Taking 20 minute stop we again started our trek and reached the Gangbal lake located at approx 15000ft altitude at 11:59. it tooks us 6 Hours and 19 minutes to reach Gangbal lake. And 4 Hours 42 minutes back to Naranag(starting point).though its not feasible to do this trek in one day but we tested our limits. Here are some moments i captured during the trek
The Gangbal Lake (Urdu: ﮔﻨﮕﺒﻞ ﺟﮭﻴﻞ, Hindi: गंगाबल झील), also called Gangbal Lake, is a lake situated at the foothills of Mount Haramukh (the highest mountain peak in the vicinity of Kashmir valley)[1] in Ganderbal district, north of Srinagar city in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is an alpine high altitude oligotrophic lake,[2] home to many species of fish,[3] including the brown trout.[4]
The lake has a maximum length of two and a half kilometers and maximum width of one kilometer. It is fed by precipitation, glaciers and springs. The lake water outflows to a nearby Nundkol Lake and then via Wangath nallahto Sind River.
The Gangbal lake is approached from Srinagar 45 kilometers by road via Ganderbal up to Naranag and then a trek of 15 kilometers upslopes leads to the lake, which can be covered by a horse ride or by foot. The gujjar shepherds can be seen during the trek with their flocks of sheep and goats. Another trek (25 kilometres long) leads to the lake site from Sonamarg via the Vishansar Lake crossing three mountain passes Nichnai pass, Gadsar pass and Zajibal pass of an average elevation of 4100 meters. It can also be accessed through a trek from Bandipore via Arin.
Source:Wikipedia







