Our Local Hero of the week is someone who chooses the alternative over the status quo. Read how Yashpal walks the talk to change the system.

This ten-year-old had all her bookish adventures come true on her first Himalayan trek to Deoriatal Chandrashila. All thanks to her father who also got to teach her a few life lessons along the trail.

We just hit 20000 followers on Instagram! We're celebrating with a Photo Story contest. The winner gets a fully sponsored trek to Bhrigu Lake!

The Roopkund trek is the most popular trek in the Himalayas. Here, Swathi talks the best time to go for the trek so that you don't miss out on the highlights of the trek.

Here are the best and safest Himalayan treks for children to do. We have listed 7 treks, all in Uttarakhand, and they make for a great experience for children.

In the second article of his three-part series on safety, Arjun Majumdar writes about a worrying trend that is spreading in the Indian trekking community.

Right from the naturally manicured grasslands at Aru to the aquamarine blue waters of Marsar, the Tarsar Marsar trek is an unending feast for the eyes.

Arjun Majumdar writes on how a timely trek has helped him overcome the most difficult crises in life. It has helped see things in a perspective that he had never considered before. Also, see treks as a way to...

A trekker, Taposh Giri, finds difficulty in walking near Patar Nachauni - a campsite on Roopkund trail. He is exhausted, and walking a few steps drains him out. He asks for a mule to take him further, towards the...

Not everybody gets to play cricket with the Indian army at 13,000 feet. But trekker Shantnu Mathuria did that and a lot more on his Roopkund trek. In his words, this is how he felt upon reaching Roopkund, "The...

Aloke Surin is a veteran trekker. Having completed a few of the most difficult treks in the Himalayas as early as the 90's. his skills and experience are matched by very few trekkers. Here, he chronicles his ascent to...

The Pin Parvati Pass Trek is a magnificent adventure in trekking. Here's is Shrikant Shulka's experience of crossing this glorious pass in the month of September!