Lagoond Camping Ground is a beautiful meadow amidst a dense deodar forest near Jassourgarh area of Churah valley of Chamba Himachal Pradesh. Lagoond meadow is situated on a mountain ridge so it offers a good view of Churah valley but still it is hidden by tall deodar trees growing over the edges of this beautiful meadow. It makes lagoond a perfect hideout in the woods yet it is just an hour hike from the nearest village Gadiyog.
Lagoond is perfect for a day hike or an overnight camping adventure. You can reach here by a 5 kms off-road from Jassourgarh to Gadiyog village and from there it’s an easy hike of 2 kms that anyone can do easily in an hour.
For more details and views of the area watch this video below and if you have any queries then do ask in comments or you can contact throughemail , Facebook or Instagram to hire me as a guide for this hike.
Sojotha Dhar is a mountain ridge between Dhulara and Lyhl valley of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. It is about 2 km hike from last road end of Chamba – Dhulara road and it is about 23 kms from I.S.B.T. Chamba.
There are 4-5 temporary huts of locals at Sojotha Dhar ridge. They live here in summer season for grazing their livestock.
Sojotha dhar looks at it’s best in monsoon and winter season. Do visit in monsoons for green and mystic views around or in winter if you want loads of snow.
Sojotha dhar is one of the easiest trek that you can do in Chamba Himachal Pradesh. In winters it receive around 3-6 feet of snowfall. So in winters it may get risky in some points because of steepness of the trail but it’s just 2kms from Dhulara so go slow and start early and you’ll reach there easily and if going in snow make sure the day is clear and you’ll be fine.
In the video below you can see our day hike to Sojotha Dhar in around 3 feet of snow. ⛄️ ❄️
I’ve also shared route map in the video so I hope it’ll be helpful for you. 🙏
Kumar Parmar Valley is one of the sub valleys of Pangi Valley of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. It is smallest valley among other sub valleys of Pangi as it has only two major villages one is Kumar village which is the first village when you enter the valley by road and the last village which is known as Parmar Bhatori where the road ends. So in the names of these two major villages it is known as Kumar Parmar Valley or simply Parmar Valley.
Parmar Bhatori is the last village where Buddhist people reside and beyond Parmar Bhatori there’s no settlement. When you hike past Parmar Bhatori you reach at the south face of mount Bahai Jar or Shiva Peak which is also visible from Hudan Valley on north side. So on north of Parmar Valley is Hudan Valley and on south there is Sechu – Tuan Valley.
In this video below I’ve shown Kumar Parmar Valley and all the details about how to reach and where to stay. I hope it’ll be helpful for you 🙏
Sural Valley is one of the sub valleys of Pangi Valley of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. Sural Bhatori is the last village of this valley so it is called as Sural Valley.
Sural Valley is most visited by tourists among the other sub valleys of Pangi. It is blessed with beautiful landscapes, waterfalls and streams so people love to visit this valley.
Sural Valley is tha last valley of Pangi towards Jammu and Kashmir and on the north side of Sural Valley lies Gandhari Valley of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the video below I’ve shown you all the places you need to visit in Sural Valley. I hope it’ll be helpful for you. 🙏
Pangi Valley is situated on the banks of Chadrabhaga river in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. After Lahaul Chadrabhaga river flows towards Sansari Nala that flows from Gandhari glacier to Chandrabhaga in Jammu and Kashmir, where Chandrabhaga is known as Chenab river. All of this area from Lahaul Valley to Sansari Nala is known as Pangi Valley.
Pangi Valley consists of different valleys like Sural, Hudan, Parmar, Hillu-Tuan and Chasak. Pangi Valley is one of the most remote places of Himachal Pradesh as it remains uncut for 6 months of an year due to heavy snowfall. You can only explore Pangi Valley from Summer to fall season.
On 7th July 2021 we went to explore most remote valley of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, Pangi Valley. It was monsoon season but we got a week of clear weather and explored Pangi Valley and brought you guys this video series.
Pangi Valley video series starting on my both channels. Main episodes will be uploaded on Yati channel while BTS and fun videos on YatiLife I hope you guys will like this series.
Dharota Temple is a small temple over a 1620 meter high mountain top near Chamba town of Himachal Pradesh. The temple is dedicated to goddess Kali and it offers a 360 degree view of chamba valley due to it’s geographic location despite being a low altitude mountain top.
Dharota temple is an ancient temple and the place is even mentioned in history books of Chamba. Watch this video to know more about this place and if still have any queries please do ask in the comments.🙏
Niloh Dhar is a beautiful mountain ridge of 2700 meter altitude near Bharara village of Churah Valley of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. The ridge have a small lake and meadows perfect for camping.
The lake is dedicated to Naag Devta and there is also a small temple on the west side of the lake. One can easily reach at the lake from Bharara village after hiking for 2 hours.
To reach here you can take bus from ISBT chamba or you can take your own vehicle upto Bharara village. There is also a newly constructed off-road which cut down your hike to one hour.
I have shown that road in this video so I hope this video will be helpful to you. If you have any other queries please do ask in comments.🙏
Diganpaal Temple is located at an altitude of 2420m over a mountain top named as Dhar Kanda in Rajindu panchayat of the Saal valley of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. The temple is dedicated to a local deity called as Diganpaal or Diggu Baba.
The trek starts just a kilometre away from Saho bus stand and it is a low altitude trek as compared to other treks which makes it best to trek in winters or in full snowfall in Saal valley.
The 80% part of this trek is through villages and last 20% is through a small forest. But whole trek is very steep although any fit person can do it in 2-3 hours of time. So it’s upto you whether you want camp there or you can do a day hike in winters.
In this video I’ve shown full details about how reach and all but if you still have any queries please feel free to ask in comments.🙏
Kasse Mata Temple is located on top of the same ridge where the main town of Chamba is located. Chamba town is on the base of this ridge and you can start you hike right from the town and easily reach Kasse mata temple in 4-5 hrs.
Kasse mata temple offers a beautiful 360 degree view of the whole chamba valley. So if you’re visiting Chamba town and want to have a good look at the valley then you must do this hike which you can do without a guide.
You can reach Kasse Mata Temple from different sides as it’s on top.
From North side you can hike from Agahar Village which is around 15kms from Chamba and bus service to Agahar is available.
From west side you can hike from Jhumhar Village which is shortest hike and bus service to Jhumhar village is available from Chamba and it is at a distance of 10kms from the town.
From East side you can reach from Gharmani side but it’s very steep hike from there and bus service to Gharmani is also available from Chamba.
And from west side you can hike from Chamba town and it’s longer hike than all other paths but no doubt it’s offers best views of the town and the valley. In this video I’ve shown hike from this side. You can go by road upto Luddu Village and start your hike from there then you’ll reach Kasse Mata Temple in 2 hrs easily or you can also hike from the main town and can reach Kasse Mata Temple within 4-5 hrs, so decide accordingly.
Last year we hiked through the same path in snow and reached halfway.
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So I decided to complete this trek as it snowed very less this year. I hope this video will be helpful to you but if you’ve any queries feel free to ask in comments.🙏
Gheengha (घींघा) is a traditional food of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. It can be made easily with Corn flour or Wheat flour or with the mixture of the two. Cooked by pouring it on boiling water and can be made easily within 10-15 minutes. So you can call it a traditional fast food of mountains.
In Chamba it’s made mostly by mixing corn flour with wheat flour and called either by “Gheengha” or “Lichad” but in Upper Shimla area it is made with wheat flour only and called by name “Baari”.
So if any of you also belongs to mountains and make similar dish with different names then please share the name in comments. I’d love to know 🤩
Ohh and in this video I’ve shown full process of making Gheengha so that you can also make it own your own. I hope you guys will love it. 🙏🥰
