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Highest Altitude:
5,492m
Duration: 4 To 5 Days
This four
or five day trek can be extremely dangerous and difficult
although it might, superficially, seem like an attractive way of
making a round trip Padum-Phugtal Padum.
 The
route from Padum runs to Thonde then eastwards into the
mountains and across the 5,492-metre Thonde la. To the top of
the pass the route is quite easy but from there it's hell
through the gorges.
The route has not been regularly travelled for years so the path
has deteriorated and much dangerous clambering plus river and
mountain crossing is necessary. Horses are unusable! There is
only one tiny village, Shadi, on the whole route and even that
is in a side valley. Many stretches are dangerous due to the
vertical rock walls and the loose rock slopes high above the
turbulent rivers winding their way far below the trail. From
Phugtal (also spelt as Phuctal or Phugthal) one soon rejoins the
usual Padum-Manali
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