We’ve picked out a list of 12 of the most beautiful treks in the Himalayas – the best for each month. Choose from trails that pass through frozen rivers and waterfalls; roll over lush green meadows, traverse through dense dark forests, or be blinded by an ocean of flowers. The Himalayas have it all.

Just days before floods struck Kashmir in 2014, Raghunandan Hegde and his friends were part of the Kashmir Great Lakes trek. He recollects his adventurous experience which was uncalled for. His group was stranded at a camp site with unstoppable torrential downpour for three whole days!

Here are few of our Green Getters. They tell you what’s going on in their mind when they’re bustling about the trail, picking up every bit of scrap they see.

Due to heavy rains, floods and consequent communication and physical connectivity breakdowns, the Kashmir Great Lakes batches of September 12, 13 and 14, 2014 have been cancelled.

Sandhya UC was a part of the Kashmir Great Lakes trek exploration launched by Indiahikes in 2010. And here, she writes why she fell in love with the trek

We speak to Pankaj Risbood, who did the Kashmir Great Lakes with Indiahikes in August 2012. Right from cooking with other trekkers to marching alongside heavenly lakes, he enjoyed every bit of it.

Saurabh Sinha, who did the Kashmir Great Lakes Trek in August 2012 speaks about the best and the most difficult of times. He also hands out a few tips to future trekkers.

Here are few of the entries for the Kashmir Great Lakes photo contest of 2012!

Amateaur photography Vivek Sharma conducted a photography workshop for trekkers during the Kashmir Great Lakes trek in September 2012. He shares his experience here. Vivek, a resident of Bengaluru is a Mechanical Engineer graduate and a software engineer by profession currently working in one of the Indian IT giants. He is simultaneously pursuing his passion […]