Ronti Saddle Trek

Untouched Location in Garhwal Himalaya.

Ronti Saddle is a saddle between the glorious Himalayan peaks of Nanda Ghungti and Trishul closer to the Nanda Devi Inner Sanctuary.

The trek to Ronti Saddle is approached from the more popular Roopkund side and you enter the Sheela Samudra valley once you cross over the Junairagali Pass above Roopkund. A sharp descend from the Junairagali pass gets you to the vast and remote grassland of the Sheela Samudra. The name Sheela ( rocks ) Samudra ( sea ) translates to 'Sea of Rocks' and is given to the glacier coming down from the might Trishul. If there is some noise in this valley, it is of the frequent ice breaking and falling down from Trishul, feeding the Sheela Samudra glacier. Here, you will only find yourself and few 'Keeda Jadi, Yartse Gumba' pluckers during the months of June.

  

"गढ़वाल हिमालय में अनछुए स्थान - रोंटी सैडल ट्रेक

नंदा देवी अभयारण्य के नजदीक नंदा घुगुती और त्रिशूल के गौरवशाली हिमालयी चोटियों के बीच रोंटी सैडल स्थित है। यह ट्रेक रूपकुंड की तरफ से की जाती है और जब आप रूपकुंड के ऊपर जुनारागली पास पार करते हैं तो आप शीला समुद्र घाटी में प्रवेश करते हैं। जुनेरागली पास से उतरना आपको शीला समुद्र के विशाल और दूरस्थ घास के मैदान में ले जाता है। शीला (चट्टानों) नाम समुद्र (समुद्र) का अनुवाद 'चट्टानों का सागर' में किया जाता है। त्रिशूल पर्वत का ग्लेशियर इस क्षेत्र में है। इस दुर्लभ ट्रेक के लिए संपर्क करें" 

Contact for this Click Trek on - The Trek Himalaya

Access to Lohajung (The trek base): Depending upon the trek members we will arrange a pick up from Kathgodam to Lohajung and from Joshimath to Haridwar back. This will be shared equally by the team members on actual basis.

Otherwise if a trekker wants to reach Lohajung by public vehicle then there are two options:

1)Reach Rishikesh by night (23 Km from Haridwar) and board the bus for Mandoli/Lohajung which starts from Rishikesh at 5 am in the morning and takes around 12/14 hrs to reach Lohajung. This is a privately operated bus and may not operate during the high Chardham yatra season. The route is via Devprayag, Rudraprayag, Karanprayag, Tharali and Deval.

2)There is a regular Uttarakhand Parivahan state operated bus service from Delhi to Lohajung (named as Delhi Deval service) which starts from ISBT Anand Vihar ( In Delhi ) around 4 pm in the afternoon and reaches next day in the evening to Lohajung. The journey is a tedious and hectic as it takes around 24 hours. The route of this bus is from Delhi via Haldwani, Kathgodam, Alomora, Kaushani, Gwaldam, Tharali and Deval. Present days this bus runs till Tharali.

3) From Joshimath the bus for Rishikesh/Haridwar start early in the morning by 6 am and reach by 7/8 pm respectively.