Wait for around 9th-10th Sep for things to settle down. I also have a ride planned in during that period, but will have to relocate it seems.

Thanks ken for such a thread!!! Its useful for many of us!! I plan/hope to do few of them this winter

Hey!

Any suggestion for a hill ride over the second weekend (8-9-10) of the next month?

It would be good if the place can be a bit buzzy

Can anyone help me? We guys are planning to go to Theog, its approx 40 odd Kms from Shimla. Any suggestions...

How is the climate of pauri in june? Planning to go in second week. 3 day trip from Delhi.

What suggestions do you need? The road is Shimla - Fagu - Kufri - Theog. It is 33 kms from Shimla. Some part of that stretch is bad.

Pauri is at ~4500 ft. So it should be warm/a little hot in June. What is your route plan?

Day 1, Delhi, meerut, kotdwar, lansdowne, pauri (halt at pauri for the night)

Day 2, do some sight seeing, maybe go down to lansdowne or there have been some mentions of a place called khirsu/khisru which is 20kms from pauri, maybe go there

Day 3, pauri- devprayag- rishikesh-haridwar-delhi

I went till lansdowne last year at christmas and absolutely loved the place but now it is absolutely opposite in the yearly season cycle so I don't know what kinda weather I'll see there.

Khirsu is a good option. Lansdowne is around 100 from there, so would be far..

Not an issue, khirsu has been recommended by some big names now (including you sir) so I'm gonna see what it has to offer. Is accomodation a problem in khirsu? Last time around we almost didn't get a place to stay the night at lansdowne, and just as we were about to head back to kotdwar, we decided to try our luck at the dharmshala and they had a room available. Something is better than nothing, eh?

How is Khirsu in june? I'm really hoping it's quite cold, sick and tired of Delhi summers.

Khirsu is not that frequented so accommodation would not be a problem. The weather should be pleasent unlike Delhi in June. I would recommend staying in Khirsu rather than pauri. Pauri - Srinagar is 29 kms and the The Pauri - Khirsu ruote is around 25 kms.

You, sir, are awesome. Thanks for your inputs

EDIT: A friend asked me to consider Tehri instead of khirsu, I thought what the heck, do both. So the revised plan stands at :

Day1: Delhi-Lansdowne-pauri-khirsu

Day2: Khirsu-Srinagar-New Tehri-rishikesh Do some rafting in rishikesh if I'm accompanied with friends, else I'll push down till delhi/Stay the night someplace along the way if night falls.

Day3: Rishikesh- haridwar- delhi

Now some questions:
1.I want to add 1 day in this trip just to relax at any of lansdowne/Pauri/Khirsu/Srinagar/Tehri, which of these would be the best place to just hang out?

2.Where exactly is khirsu located? I don't seem to be able to find it on google maps. Is it between pauri-buwakhal or between pauri-srinagar

3. What's the best route for Tehri from srinagar? I have two options as you can see from the map, either Srinagar-Dang Chaunara-Molnau-New Tehri OR Srinagar-Devprayag - Tehri

The problem with option 1 is I'd have to miss out on devprayag, and the problem with option 2 is the roads(lines on my comp. screen so far) don't seem so good between devprayag and tehri

Are the roads between devprayag and tehri manageable?

@ kurtrules - sir can you give me some info for visiting chanshal , we are planning for 30th Apr to 2nd may.we are planning 1st day at rohru , how much time it will take from rohru to chanshal , can we find some snow over there??

vaibhav sir aaptoh gayab hi ho gye...

Nai yaar, hum kaha gayaab ho sakte hai!

Srinagar is very hot! There is no place to stay in Tehri (Old Tehri). Civilization has been moved to New-Tehri. So I suggest you spend a day in Khirsu only.

Khirsu is not between Srinagar - Pauri.

Srinagar - Dev Prayag tehri would be quite long. Srinagar - Tehri is around 82 kms. It is the shortest route, but then again, the road is not in a good shape. will take you around 3 hours.

And so what if you have to miss out on Devprayag. What do you want to do there? Its just a small town on the NH58, significant only for the 'sangam' of the alaknanda and the bhaigirathi. You won't be loosing out much if you give it a pass. Ans also, you plane seems hurried. I would suggest you to give it an extra day.

I sent you a PM. Chanshal is 65 from rohru via chirgaon - larote. No point doing it early may, the road would be blocked due to snow.

Is srinagar worth visiting then? This would be a 'get away from delhi heat' kinda trip so I'm not looking to visit anyplace hot.

If I decide to leave srinagar out of the plan, is there an alternate route from khirsu to tehri?

Kidhar hai fir? Map my india shows it here : LINK sahi dikha rha haikya?


Point noted, devprayag struck off the plan.

Might include an extra day if I feel like it, after all it's a leisure trip not a saddle sore ride.

Thanks for your inputs.