GULABI KANTHA TREK

• Weekend trek, so none of us ha to take a leave (later we realised it would have been great if you could have got a day rest after trek)
• Easily available, not very expensive, easy to reach, local vendors available
• Fully motorable road till the base village
• No prior trekking experience required, our guide says if you can walk you can do it
• Public transport is easily available
• Not a technical trek, easy gradient, no chances of mountain sickness as altitude is ~10K feet
• One can easily drive upto base village

Nagtibba trek mainly starts from Pantwari, but you can also do it from Auntad (Devalsari) and Shrikot. You can also start from any of these villages and end you trek at any village. Pantari is the most popular starting point and has maximum facilities in terms of operational requirement.

Maximum number of vendors are located here, it is four hour drive from Dehradun and option for public transport is available. Three shared taxis come to Pantwari every day. Two of taxis end and Pantwari and on goes further till Banchaura in Uttarkashi. Two taxis to Pantwari start from Tehsil chowk in Dehradun and end at Pantwari. They leave Dehradun at 7:00am sharp and reach Pantwari between 11:00-11:30am.

Contact details of drivers

Surender ji: 9410504149

Dongwal ji: 8958630217

The other vehicle going to Banchaura leaves at 8:00 am

Alternatively, one can also take a bus or shared taxi to Nainbagh and from there take a shared taxi to Pantwari. Buses and shared taxis are easily available for Nainbagh between 5:30am in the morning to 2:00pm in the evening. Government buses leave from Mussoorie bus stand near railway station and private buses leave from near Prince chowk.

Timing for government buses for Nainbagh are 5:30am, 6:00am, 8:00am and 12 noon

Private buses also start from 5:30 am and available every 30min to hour till 10:00am

Nagtibba trek starts from INR 1,200 but comes with bare minimum facilities. Average packages offering at INR 1,500 are best as they cover all gears, washroom facilities, camping, guide and others. Price amy add up depending on facilities added up such as bonfire, route selected, type of tent facilites, washroom quality, food options, and multiple other additionals.

Nagtibba trek is 20km long from Pantwari village, buts is 16km long from the nearest motorable roadhead. Please note that road onwards from Pantwari od kuchha road (offroad).

Trekkers generally do 5km uphill trek on day 1 and another 5km uphill trek on day 2 and 10km downhill trek on day2.

• Weather at Nagtibba depend on the time of the year. It is generally pleasant in summers at Pantwari and base camps, but chilly at the top. During winters it is cold in Pantwari and base camp during day and icy-cold during nights; summit is super cold all the time during the winters
  • January (Snow): Cold and freezing both during day and night. Must wear 4 layers of clothes, warmer in legs, cap/muffler and gloves
  • February (Snow): Cold and freezing both during day and night. Must wear 4 layers of clothes, warmr in legs, cap/muffler and gloves
  • March (Likely Snow): Cold and freezing both during day and night. Must wear 3-4 layers of clothes, warmr in legs, cap/muffler and gloves
  • April: Cold during the day, Cold and freezing night. Must wear 2-3 layers of clothes, cap/muffler and gloves at night.
  • May: Days are cozy, but under sun may feel warm; a tshirt or shirt will be more than sufficient during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 2 layer of clothes at night.
  • June: Days are cozy, but under sun may feel warm; a tshirt or shirt will be more than sufficient during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 2 layer of clothes at night.
  • July: Likely to rain, please carry a raincoat. Days are cozy, but under sun may feel warm; a tshirt or shirt will be more than sufficient during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 2 layer of clothes at night.
  • August: Definitely going to rain, please carry a raincoat. Days are cozy, but under sun may feel warm; a tshirt or shirt will be more than sufficient during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 2 layer of clothes at night.
  • September: Likely to rain, please carry a raincoat. Days are cozy, but under sun may feel warm; a tshirt or shirt will be more than sufficient during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 2 layer of clothes at night.
  • October: Days are cozy, a tshirt or shirt will do during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 2-3 layer of clothes at night.
  • November: Days are cozy to cold, 2 layers will do during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 2-3 layer of clothes at night.
  • December (Likely Snow): Days are cold, 2 layers will be minimum required during the day. Nights are cold and one may need 3-4 layer of clothes at night.

• View during the Nagtibba trek is depended on the route selected. If we start from Pantwari, we will pass through the local villages and farms. It will offer a green forest view of the neighbouring mountain. Alternatively you can take a slight divergence and go through the river routes offering picturesque view of small mountain river, village Gharad (where local make their flour). One can also take a bath in these streams during summer seasons.

• January (Snow): Very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit. Snow covered paths on day 2, greenery all around.
• February (Snow): Very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit. Snow covered paths on day 2, greenery all around
• March (Likely Snow): Very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit. Buransh (Rhododendron) flowers will be in full bloom in the last two weeks of the month. One can also see patches of snow at some locations near the summit area
• April: Very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit. Buransh (Rhododendron) flowers will be in late or full bloom in the first two weeks of the month
• May: Dry weather with very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit.
• June: Dry weather with very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit.
• July: Rainy weather, clouds during rainy days chances of clear sky is amost zero. Flower will be blooming, lot of grasses and shrubs will be there. Panoramic view will be mostly green
• August: Rainy weather, clouds during rainy days chances of clear sky is amost zero. Flower will be blooming, lot of grasses and shrubs will be there. Panoramic view will be mostly green
• September: Mostly dry weather with some mild showers, clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit on clear days. One can expect clouds during rainy days chances of clear sky is 50-50. Flower will be blooming, lot of grasses and shrubs will be there. Panoramic view will be mostly green.
• October: Dry weather with very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit.
• November: Dry weather with very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit.
• December (Likely Snow): Dry weather with very clear view of the sky and distant view of Himalayan range is visible from base camp, Nagtibba temple and summit. One can also see some snow near the summit area

• Nagtibba peak is approximately ten thousand feet above sea level.

• Nagtibba starts receiving snow at the end of December and one can expect to see snow till the mid of March.
• Maximum volume of snow is available from last week of January to end of February.
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• Pantwari is approximately 95-100km from Dehradun and it takes 3.5 to 5 hours to reach pantwari from Dehradun depending on mode of transport selected.

• All mobile networks are operations at the base village of Pantwari. During the trek one can find broken signal from all 4 major service providers.
• Airtel and Jio work at the base camp near forest entry gate.
• At the Nagtibba temple few networks are available at different location but connectivity is low.
• At summit all networks work fine

During the trek most of the operators provide tent facilities for stay but resorts like Goat village are also available, which provide Pucca accommodation

• Generally it is recommended for people in the age group of 8-65 years. But if you are physically active anybody can try.
• We generally don’t recommend to hurry in case of small children and elderly grandparents and recommend to do the trek in 3 days 2 nights. It do adds to the cost of the trek, but they and supporting guardians/caretakers will also feel relieved.

• Yes, kids above 8 years can easily do the trek. Kids lower than 8 years can try but we dont motivate them to push hard, because they also have to do the return journey.
• We recommend to do it in 3days 2 nights
• We don’t recommend to do the trek on ponies

• Mountain water is easily available during the first day of the trek. During day 2 we recommend to carry a water bottle. Water source is available near the Nagtibba temple

• It is not recommended if you are not a local. If you are planning to do it alone please take proper permissions from the forest department.

• It depends on the time of trek
  • Tent (please make sure your tent is double layered), sleeping bag, sleeping mat, headlamp or battery operated light source, raincoat, cooking gears, trek pole/stick is always required
  • In winters you need to add good waterproof shoes, spikes for snow as special gears

Dehradun railway station is at approximately 100km from base village of Pantwari

Dehradun airport is at approximately 130 km from base village of Pantwari

• Government clinic is available in Pantwari providing very basic medical facilities. Primary healthcare facility is available in Nainbagh (approximately 17km from pantwari).
• Few private dispensaries are also available providing basic health chekup and medicine. Ambulance facility is vailabe at Nainbagh PHC

• Nearest ATM (SBI) is available at Nainbagh. Punjab National bank branch is available at Pantwari.
• All vendors provide digital payment facility. We recommend all trekkers to carry cash in case of any emergency

As per trek analysts, Nagtibba is beginners trek. However, Day 2 of the trek may be little hectic and may check your endurance. (~15km trek)

Yes, nagtibba can be easily done in two days.

• No, there is no electricity facility available at base camp. However, vendors have solar panel facility to provide basic lightning facility.
• It is recommended to carry power banks for charging ones mobile or other electronics devices

• If you can walk 3km in one hour or 20km in day, you can do Nagtibba trek

No, currently paid parking is not available at Pantwari, however you can park near the offices of the most of the local vendors.

No, currently public toilet facility is not available at Pantwari, but you can avail the toilet facilities of the local restaurants. Alternatively you can book a room at guest houses if you wan private access