Kansar Dhar is a mountain ridge in the northern end of Kalhel valley of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. It is about 3.3 km hike from last road end of Chamba – Kalhel – Raila road and it is about 45 kms from I.S.B.T. Chamba. Trek starts from Charori village then crossing Dehri village on can reach Kansar dhar ridge within 2-3 hours.
There are a few temporary huts of Gujar community at Kansar Dhar ridge. They live here in summer season for grazing their livestock. Local kids go there to play cricket on weekends or holidays.
Kansar 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. Kansar dhar have some beautiful and peaceful meadows surrounded by deodar’s forests and that makes it best place for a day hike, picnic or camping.
Kansar dhar is one of the easiest trek that you can do in Churah valley of 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 and also due to roadblocks you may have to hike 4-5 kms so start your hike early in winters.
In the video below you can see our day hike to Kansar Dhar in the spring season. I’ve also shared route map in the video so I hope it’ll be helpful for you. Do share the video if you liked. 🙏