Choose your favourite photo from the nominations of July 2016

Every year the July photo contest is flooded with breathtaking pictures from our Kashmir treks. This time was a tug of war between Hampta Pass and Kashmir Great Lakes. Here are the nominations!

Our judge will be picking the top three winners. But in addition to that, we have introduced a Trekkers’ Choice Prize!

You can vote for your favourite photo and it will be given the Trekkers’ Choice Prize! Scroll down to vote!

1. Sourasis Das – Hampta Pass

Every trekker who goes to Hampta Pass comes back with wonderful pictures of Chandratal Lake. This photo beautifully captures the oft overlooked route taken to the lake. The play of shadows give rocky mountains look like sheaths of raw silk!

2. Sourasis Das – Hampta Pass

A horse nibbles away in meadows strewn with colorful wild flowers. Twilight at Jwara looks surreal and has been captured well in this picture.

3. Preethi – Hampta Pass

What a great action shot! Stream crossings are everywhere on the Hampta Pass trek. It’s like hopping from one page of a book to another. In this picture you see the change in scenery from coniferous forests to scattered birch trees. A wonderfully captured action shot.

4. Debdatto – Hampta Pass

Tranquility and serenity at Chandratal lake. The colours are out of this world; subtle yet leaves a strong impact on the viewer.

5. Ravindra Joisa – Kanamo

Yaks frolicking in the wild during golden hours. What can we say! A perfectly timed photo with the light falling precisely to highlight the action as dust rises from the ground.

6. Neil de Souza – Kashmir great Lakes

Can you spot the human in this picture? This picture is great just for that!

7. Ashok KS – Kashmir great Lakes

This photo left us breathless. The floating clouds, emerald meadows, alpine lake and the Nandkol campsite! All in a single picture!

8. Sanjit Krishnan Kaul – Pin Parvati Pass

The view ahead from Pin Parvati pass leaves trekkers dumbfounded. How would you feel if you came across such a landscape after days of walking through the parched Spiti valley?

9. Pushkar Kanhere – Hampta Pass

Majestically standing, modestly covered in patches of snow is peak 5260. A mesmerizing sight at the Hampta Pass.

10. Ashok KS – Kashmir great Lakes

Kashmir Great lakes trek is without doubt the most photogenic trek we know of. This photo by Ashok KS reaffirms this belief.

11. Abhishek – Valley of Flowers

Photographing an insect in flight requires ninja skills which is why “Bee in a flower” is one of our favorites!

Poll is closed!