DAY-2 <> DIDINA VILLAGE to BEDNI BUGYAL

Max. Elevation:- Didina -2600 m, Bedni Bugyal – 3354 m

Time Taken     :- 5 ½  – 6 hours.

Today I am going to ascend high and climb to reach an elevation of 14500ft at bedni bugyal. We woke up early and after packing our tents and stuff we headed to india hikes camp to have some breakfast. Then after settle down all our bill with the cook there we started following the trail just behind the india hikes camp. The trail was a continues ascend on a rocky path and then it disappears in the forest just above the didina village.The trek route was moderately difficult at the starting till ali bugyal meadows. The trail passes through dark covered woods of oaks and coniferous trees. 

Horses at Ali Bugyal

The forest was thick and whole path consist of a series of zig-zag trails. It really takes a lot sweat from you during this part of the trail. You won’t get any water supply till ali bugyal. So you have to be very carefull in using your water bottles. The  serenity of the path gave you the immense pleasure to our soul while walking up. Whole path was isolated and horrific as well as bewitching at the same time. Luckily we met a local shepherd on the trail who was carrying his cattle’s to ali bugyal for grazing and guided us 3-4 times on the way as in forest one can easily lost a trail and which results in loss of both energy and time. After 2-3  hours of trekking abruptly all the forest and trees vanishes suddenly and  in front of me was a lush green carpet of vast meadows stretched over miles  all around. Now we reached  at ali bugyal and all the tree lines falls behind us or below us. Both ali and bedni bugyal are considered to be one of the finest meadows in whole India. Now all my tiredness disappears by simply watching the mesmerizing beauty of vast undulating meadows of ali bugyal. There were many horses and mules over there grazing the soft and sweet grass of bugyals. Bugyal is local word for meadows. 

At the top of Ali Bugyal

Views from ali bugyal was breath-taking. Down below you can easily locate the didina village and ending of tree lines . Surrounding you is the vast undulating meadows and the mighty garhwal himlayan peaks gave a perfect view in the background in every possible directions.

Capturing Memories

 We slowed down here for half an hour and while capturing the pristine beauty of the place both in our eyes and in our cameras. After that we started heading for bedni bugyal which was gradually descending trail initially. Now the trail becomes easy as we all started walking barefoot on the grasses of ali bugyal which rejuvenates us entirely. After reaching the ali bugyal campsite there is just a 15 minutes zig-zag climbing before the trail levels out to a gentle trail to bedni bugyal. From here bedni bugyal is just a hour journey. I reached bedni bugyal at 4pm.The spectacular beauty of bedini bugyal leaves me awe struck as soon as I reached there. You again enters into a meadow country  which is surrounded by dark brown mountains on one side and snow-clad glaciers on another side. There is also a pool there which is known as bedni kund and considered to be shrine for the local people of the region.

Temple dedicated to Goddess Nandadevi

Beautiful Bedni Kund

 This place is also considered to be the starting point of nanda devi raj jat yatra held in this region in every 12 years and choti jat yatra every year.There is also a temple have been built dedicated to goddess Nanda devi.

Bedni Bugyal Campsite

Here there is  no sign of civilization except some trekkers camp ,a shop,some horses and a cricket pitch. Both gaurav and prashant reached here much earlier than me and also discovered a wonderful place to pitched our tents.

Pitching our tent

Perfect shot

 In the evening the cloud disappears and went off in other directions and which made Mt. Trisul to finally emerged out with all its glory and mightiness. It was a crystal clear view of Mt. Trishul along with Mt. Nandaghunti and many more majestic peaks of the region like Haathi parbat,bandarpuch glaciers etc. At night after dinner  prashant managed to collect some dry woods from the same porter which I met earlier en-route to didina. Then we started the bonfire and started dancing around it like lunatics. Meanwhile we also took out the sleeping bags from our tent near the bonfire. We went into it and slept on the ground itself for an hour. The only source of light at that night is coming from the bonfire which also kept us warm in the freezing cold environment.

It was really a one’s in a lifetime opportunity to be sleeping on the natures bed under the twinkling of billions of stars and that too in a freezing cold atmosphere with a burning bonfire  near you.

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