8 APRIL 2023 SATURDAY - KHOPARA TO PAUDWAR VILLAGE
Altitude Loss : 11,975 ft to 6,561 ft Trek Distance : 8.5 km | Trek Duration: 6.5 hours Today was another morning when I preferred to enjoy my sleep over going for an early morning walk. One group of trekkers wanted to make the most of the mountains. They got up early and went for a short trek in the early morning snow. Vivek was mentioning that the day's walk would be long. My only concern was that the trail should be free of snow. Shure & Vivek confirmed that since the direction in which we would be descending is on the sun facing side, it is unlikely to have snow on the path. I felt thankful for that, because the little distance that I did walk on snow, I was not comfortable. After tea, pack up & breakfast (I repeated porridge & honey) the members assembled for a group photo. We had 2 sets of group foto of the full group, one with the Indian tricolour national flag & the second one with the TTH banner. Sridhar had got along the tricolour & all group members p...