Deepak Mishra

This post is not about my trip to Auli but to help other travelers to plan their trip. Best Season for snowfall - December mid to January mid. 15day plus or minus the new year. Best Season for skiing - December mid to January end. How to reach Auli - Bus from Haridwar to Auli or directly by car. No need stay in Joshimath or take the ropeway. Ropeway is shit. Where to stay - Hotels near parking place or GMVNL Nanda Devi Eco Huts near tower 8. Things to do - 1. Skiing : If you stay near parking place, take the chair car, reach tower 8 and walk up to tower 10. Skiing happens near tower 10. 2. Trekking : Trek from Tower 10 to Gorson Bugyal. 3. Nothing else : Play around in snow. Slide down in snow while returning from tower 10. How much time to stay - Stay as much time as you want but you will get bored after 3 days.

      Munsiyari trip started with my resignation in my company and in a vision of possibility of a supposedly very unfortunate breakup with my girlfriend Shruti. It was supposed to be a last trip with her. It wasn't my first trip to Uttarakhand. I have been to Jim Corbett national park, Nainital and Ranikhet with my friends and to Almora with Shruti.       In the last trip to Almora, Shruti and I wanted to go closer to the Himalayas. It couldn't happened that time. Whoever we asked suggested to go to Munsiyari. But due to time constraints we did not go there. Someone who had been in the mountains for a long time and had visited several places suggested Munsiyari in Uttarakhand and Manali in Himachal. As I had already relieved from the company, I also needed time to think about the career and I also had time for that. I just needed was a place. Munsiyari it is. Plus no time constraints, awesome.     ...