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The best time to do the Chadar trek is January to February, [4] when the temperature during the winters drops sometimes to -30 to -35 degrees. [ 5 ] Chadar trek starts from Chilling however with time the organisers tend to drive ahead to about 1 km away from the first camp at Tilad Sumdo (10,390 ft) or motorable Shingra Koma .
Dras (also spelt Drass, ISO transliteration: Drās), also known locally in Shina as Himababs, Hembabs, or Humas, is a town and hill station in Kargil district of the union territory of Ladakh in India.
The warmest month of the year is July with an average temperature of 23.3 °C. In January, the average temperature is −8.8 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year. The difference in precipitation between the driest month and the wettest month is 76 mm. The average temperatures vary during the year by 32.1 °C. [39]
The average temperature is between minus 25 °C during day and minus 55 °C during the night. [ 4 ] Siachen Base Camp , which serves the northern and middle Siachen sectors, is one of the 2 bases for the Siachen region, and other base being just west of Thoise Air Base which serves the southern Siachen sector.
Turtuk is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous community development block in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.It is a small village sandwiched between the Karakorum Range and the Himalayas, [1] [unreliable source?] and one of the northernmost villages of India, close to the Line of Control between India and Pakistan.
Ladakh incorporates parts of the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and the upper Indus River valley. It is the only cold desert in India. [ 4 ] Its topography is barren and population sparse inhabited along the river banks of different valleys namely Indus, Nubra , Changthang , and Zanskar . [ 4 ]
The first recorded royal residence in Ladakh, built at the top of the high Namgyal ('Victory') Peak overlooking the present palace and town, is the now-ruined fort and gon-khang (Temple of the Guardian Divinities) built by King Tashi Namgyal. Tashi Namgyal ruled in the final quarter of the 16th century CE. [11]
Upstream from Khalatse, and downstream on the right bank of the Indus, the people are almost all Buddhist. The ones downstream are mostly Brokpa or Dards. [14] According to the 2011 census of India, Khaltse has 156 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 86.27%. [15]