Rupin Pass : Trek passing through Gully

Highlights : 

• Rupin Pass lies in the Kinnaur range of Himalaya's. Its the oldest route well known among the shepherds moving from the villages near Netwar to Sangla valley. Maximum altitude is 4650 meter or 15250 feet.
• The trek starts from Dhaula, Uttarakhand and ends at Sangla Village, Himachal Pradesh. Its a comfortable 7 days trek,  along the Rupin river for the first few days.
• The trek soaks you into varied weather; too hot sun to sub zero cold, drizzling rain to snow fall, blessings of cloudy pleasant breeze occasionally.
• Daily changes of scenic will make you enter into different aura altogether; roaring Rupin river silently passing the villages across, hanging village of Jhaka, amazing views from the overlooking valleys filled with magenta colored Burans (Rhododendron) flowers, isolated villages with just 10 houses sparsely located in the middle of mammoth mountain ranges, beautiful 3 step waterfall jumping out, snow dunes here and there, eagles view of Rupin range of mountains and Kinnaur range from the summit, perfect wallpaper picturesque near Sangla Kanda are breathtaking.

Paths of Glory! - 'Purola Ghat' on the way to Netwar from Deharadun.

Start of the trek journey, just before the panoramic view of the villages across the Rupin river.

Civilization decimated with greenery.

One morning at Sewa village; View from the home stay.

Bridge connecting the two valleys.

View from the bridge.

The road less traveled; Road to heaven!

Peculiar vegetation and snow mountains at the backdrop.

Stone houses matching the valleys.

Hanging village of Jhaka.

She was shy and silky.

View of 'Saruwas Thatch'.

Water spurting from Sun at 'Saruwas Thatch'.

Happiness of a first time trekker when she stepped on snow.

Lower water fall camp; Continuous murmuring sound of Rupin river and roaring of water falls.

The tough day : Just before the continuous snow fall/rain for around 4 hours.

Lower water fall camp started visible from upper camp after the weather started getting cleared from rain.

The famous figure; No need of any caption!

One more!

Acclimatization going on!

Upper water fall camp.

Far across the upper waterfall.

The camp is seen tiny small in front of her.

The black and white.

Ha! Still long way to go.

Hide and Seek.

Finally a few meters to see the gully!

Final leg of gully; View from summit.

Getting lost in the summit is the best experience in any trek.

Summit decorated with beautiful souls :)

View of Kinnaur range of mountains at the backdrop.

Team at 'Rupin Summit'.

Rhontigad; The final stay of the trek.

Sangla Kanda; A perfect place to settle and farm at retirement.

Here too...

Wallpaper from 'Sangla Kanda'.

Trek ends at Sangla village.

Travel Path : 

Bangalore -- (flight) --> Dehradun -- (car) --> Dhaula (trek start) --> Sewa --> Jhaka --> Saruwas Thatch --> Lower Water Falls --> Upper Water Falls --> Rhontigad --> Sangla (trek ends) -- (car) --> Shimla -- (bus) --> Delhi -- (flight) --> Bangalore.

Information : 

• There is only one bus which starts from Dehradun to Sankri, at 8.00 am in the morning. Get down at Netwar, take a shared jeep to Dhaula from Netwar as the bus continues further up to Sankri. Since the road is not so great, it roughly takes around 6~7 hours to reach Netwar and another 45 minutes to Dhaula.
• There is always an option to hire a vehicle from Dehradun; Xylo was costing 7500 rupees.
• The road from Sangla to Shimla was quite good. It takes 6~7 hours to reach Shimla. There is a bus to Shimla from Chitkul at 1.00 pm.
• There are plenty of buses from Shimla to Delhi, both HimGaurav and HimSutha are good.  Both are AC buses, one from TATA and other from VOLVO.