Stok Kangri Trek

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Activities

Hotel

Altitude: 11500 Feet

All the excitement & joy of climbing Stok Kangri begins with your arrival in Leh. Enjoy the weather and view of this beautiful place on earth and spent all day relaxing in your hotel room. The most convenient way to arrive in Leh is through flight to acclimatize properly, but you need to keep 2 to 3 days spare before starting the trek if you want to come by road in sharing cabs. Take it slowly once you arrive in Leh as you're at an altitude of 11,500 feet, which is a high altitude and chances more that you get hit by Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Make sure you rest and acclimatize well and not strain your body during your stay in the hotel. After rest, you may go out to stroll the local market and try some regional cuisines.

Trek Leader

Activities

Hotel

Altitude: 11500 Feet

This day is reserved for acclimatization and rest. So go out and explore the place which is rich in culture and full of the mesmerizing beauty of Leh. Leh is the central hub for all tourists as it is the center point of Ladakh; from here, all expeditions begin. Visit the local market or monasteries and ancient temples. Enjoy the regional cuisines and stroll over the market. It is advisable not to visit very high-altitude places like Khardung La Pass and Pangong Lake. Overnight stay at the hotel/guesthouse.

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Activities

Tent

Lunch  | Dinner 

Drive: 18 KM  |  Altitude: 13300 feet  |  Trek Distance: 4 KM  |  Trek Duration: 3-4 Hours  |  Trail Grade: Easy

The day starts with a drive to Stok village from Leh. It will be your best adventurous drive to Stok village; you will go through many exotic and beautiful landscapes. As you reach the Stok village, we will start this beautiful trek to reach our first campsite Chang Ma (13300 feet). This trek is approximately 4 kilometres, and it will take 3-4 hours minimum to reach. Although the trail is flat moreover, there is one hump that only you have to cross. It can be a little difficult as you may be climbing this region for the first time, so slowly, you will get acclimatized and develop your pace accordingly.

Trek Leader

Activities

Tent

Breakfast  | Lunch  | Dinner 

Altitude: 14500 feet  |  Trek Distance: 4 KM  |  Trek Duration: 3-4 Hours  |  Trail Grade: Easy to Moderate

Today you will get to see the natural beauty of Ladakh and finally will get the answer to all your questions about why Ladakh is known as a cold desert. As you start your trek for the next campsite Mankorma the beautiful landscapes and the rocky mountain range will appear. Today you will trek along a river, and it is relatively easy as compared to the next coming days. After trekking for 3 hours and crossing 2-3 streams, you finally reach the campsite. In the evening, we will go for a short acclimatization walk. Overnight stay in tents.

Trek Leader

Activities

Tent

Breakfast  | Lunch  | Dinner 

Altitude: 16400 feet  |  Trek Distance: 5 KM  |  Trek Duration: 4-5 Hours  |  Trail Grade: Moderate

After having breakfast at Mankorma, you will head towards the base camp, and after trekking for a few hours, you will finally reach the base camp. This campsite has a grassy patch with several water bodies in the form of Lakes and Streams. Today we will utilize the day for climbing a little steep so that to get acclimatized well for the coming days. As you climb up in the evening, you will get mesmerizing views of peaks like Gulap Kangri, Parcha Kangri and many more. The best advice for this campsite is to keep yourself warm as the temperature gets very low at night. Have a good sleep at night as you have a hard day tomorrow.

Trek Leader

Activities

Tent

Breakfast  | Lunch  | Dinner 

Altitude: 16400 feet  |  Acclimatization Walk: 2 KM  |  Traning Duration: 2-3 Hours  |  Traning Grade: Basic

This day is preparing yourself for the summit. Today you will be briefed about all the difficulties and challenges of this summit. You will be guided about the terrain and imparted knowledge of the few techniques, equipment, and uses; you will practice how to ascend and descend in snow, use of Ice Axe, Crampons, and rope. As we will start our trek to the summit at midnight, dinner will be served in the evening, and you will go to bed early.

Trek Leader

Activities

Tent

Breakfast  | Lunch  | Dinner 

Altitude: 20187 feet  |  Trek Distance: 7+7 KM  |  Trek Duration: 11-12 Hours  |  Trail Grade: Difficult

The wake-up call is at approx. 11:00 PM, get ready for the summit attempt. All the technical equipment will be distributed and will start the march until 11 PM. The route is through a glacier, scree and rocky terrain. The trek for the day is 10-12 hours long, so you have to be mentally prepared for this challenging day. After climbing for a couple of hours, you will finally reach the summit, which offers you a 360 ° view of the range and gives you a royal feeling. Towards its north, you get the view of the Karakoram Range, Saser Kangri, which dominates the sky in the north and the Zanskar ranges in the south. Descend back to the base camp and overnight stay in tents.

Trek Leader

Activities

Tent

Breakfast  | Lunch  | Dinner 

This day is a reserve day for another summit attempt. This day will only be used in case of bad weather or other unexpected conditions. In case reserve day for the summit attempt is utilized, would charge an additional amount of INR 2550 per day and per person. If the reserved day is not used then you can be used to visit Leh.

Trek Leader

Activities

Hotel

Breakfast 

Altitude: 11500 feet  |  Trek Distance: 13 KM  |  Trek Duration: 5-6 Hours  |  Drive Distance: 18 KM  

After summiting the 6000 meters above the peak, the trek to the Stok village will be a joyous experience. While returning to the Stok village, you have to be extra careful as the descending part is a little challenging. Enjoy and retrace the trails and majestic views of snow-clad mountains standing tall and make it a memorable experience of a lifetime. As you reach Stok village, the vehicle will pick you and will drive back to Leh. Check into the hotel and relax there.

Trek Leader

Activities

Altitude: 11500 Feet

Today is the last day of the Stok Kangri trek, which is the departure day where the trekkers need to check out from the hotel/guesthouse in order to return to their respective places. If you have further travel plans to visit Leh & Ladakh, you can see major tourist attractions nearby or far away; otherwise, you may catch your flights.

Stok Kangri Peak is made only for experienced trekkers who want to test their limits, as the trek's challenges should not be underestimated. This trek is recommended for those who had previously done treks of an altitude of 4500 – 5000 meters. It is a difficult level trek and the most challenging one. It requires great physical strength and stamina to complete this trek. It is also necessary to get acclimatized in the Ladakh region before starting this trek.

The best time for the Stok Kangri trek is from June to mid-September.

On the Stok Kangri trek, the temperature will range from 8° C to 16° C during the day and 0° C to -5° C at night.

You will be accommodated in 3 Men Tents on twin sharing basis. The tents Hikers 360 uses on the trek are 3 plus in which you get enough space for your rucksack and even you get inner & outer gate space for your trekking shoes, trek poles and wet clothes.

Hikers 360 uses well planned nutritious meal menu suitable for high-altitude treks. We provide a full nutritious diet that changes every day. As you wake up in the morning, we serve Milk/Lemon Tea. After that, our Breakfast varies from Bread and Butter/Jam, Poha, Daliya, Sandwiches, Upma, Paranthas and Cornflakes and milk etc. Lunch mainly comprises of Roti, Veggies, Puri with Chole and Rice. After lunch, we serve evening snacks with Tea / Coffee / Soup. In Dinner, we serve Roti, Sabji, Rice, Dal, Salade, Pickle and Desserts. We also serve refreshments (Fruits, Juice, Chocolates, Dry Fruits and Biscuits).

Trekking with Hikers 360 Adventures means you’re trekking with an expert trek leader and experienced local guide. Our leaders are certified mountaineers, first aid responders and search & rescue train. Also, we carry safety Equipment (Ropes, Harness, Carabiners, Jumar, Descender and Ice axe etc.), Medical kit and Oxygen cylinders as required per trek to face any kind of unforeseen situations. So it is safe to trek with us.

A Hikers 360 Adventures team consisting of a qualified Trek leader, Trek Guide, Porters, Cook and support staff.

Our transportation cost is mentioned on each trek, or you can check the inclusion and exclusion tab to see if transportation is included or not. We arrange transport for you and it may be shared by you or the group and the cost is on an actual basis.

Yes, you need adventure sports insurance. As you know, adventure travel has inherent risks and dangers that travel insurance covers, including medical emergencies and evacuations. Therefore, assess how likely it is that you’ll run into any of these issues.

We expect you to carry your personal backpacks on your own, but for any reason you are not able to carry your bag, then you can opt for offloading option by informing us 7 days before the trek so that we can make suitable arrangements for you and offloading in between the trip is not an option.

The trek details page gives a list of things that are essential for this trek. Check the "Things to Carry" on the Trek Itinerary page.

Yes, you can rent trekking gear and other equipment from Hikers 360. Go to our website Rent Gear page and select the date according to your trek date. Here you can find amazing deals on trekking gear rental.

A trekking pole is helpful on the trek. It gives you stability and balance and reduces fatigue. If you want a trekking pole on rent, go to our website and select the rent gear, and get the best deals on rent gear.

You can carry medicines prescribed by your doctor, if any. Although we have our First Aid kit with us on each trek, we suggest you carry some painkillers, Volini spray, kneecap, Electrals/ORS, etc.

Generally, people prefer Diamox for easy acclimatization, but we strictly avoid this kind of acclimatization. We encourage our trekkers to a natural acclimatization process. Hence you shouldn't be on the Diamox course before the start of the trek.

Drinking Alcohol or any other intoxication during the trek is strictly prohibited. Alcohol or this type of stuff dehydrates our body and at high altitudes, dehydration becomes a big cause of Altitude Sickness.

We have expert leaders who are experienced in First Aid on all our events but still, there might be situations under which an emergency evacuation might be needed. If this kind of situation arises, we are committed to making a safe evacuation for you in an emergency. Also, we will make all necessary & adequate arrangements for your evacuation to the nearest road head or hospital. The participant himself would pay any additional expenses incurred during the process. Our company will not be liable to pay for these expenses.

The maximum group size of our treks by any region is 15 participants. We focus on individual attention and the safety of our trekkers.

Yes, we do have our minimum group size as we require just 5 persons to depart. We had never cancelled or combined with other trekking companies any of our group of 5 persons from departure dates.

The toilet tents will be set up on each campsite. Inside the toilet tent, one pit hole would be digged with the help of a shovel, a heap of mud and one shovel kept beside the pit (it is used to spread the mud after you have done your business). Use it in Indian style.

It is not mandatory, but they expect a little token of goodwill gesture and appreciation from you. As a group, you can collect money and distribute it to the local staff by yourself.