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Gangi to Shastru Tal
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J-9°-22°125
- F-8°-20°132
- M-5°-16°160
- A0°-12°119
- M5°-7°169
- J8°-2°230
- J10°3°653
- A9°3°657
- S6°-2°378
- O1°-10°118
- N-2°-14°29
- D-6°-18°53
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Gangi to Shastru Tal is a national hiking route of about 11 km (7 mi) in Uttarakhand, India. It is in Gangotri Group. It lies about 25 km west of Kedārnāth.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Gangotri Group (Garhwal Himalaya › Kumaun Great Himalaya; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 25 km W of Kedārnāth (Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Trans Uttarakhand (international route)
- Country
- India
- Region
- Uttarakhand
- Continent
- Asia
- Route type
- National route
- Route centre
- 30.7000, 78.8311
- Route start
- 30.7276, 78.8089
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18106102
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.