TRIUND HILL
- "HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR NATURE LOVERS, HIKERS and TREKKERS"
Triund "It was so fascinating to be in Triund. One would had remembered it for life"
"Triund Hill with its actual top point @10,632 ft and temple of Kunal Pathri Devi, hosts a ridge @9150 to 9414 ft, offering first camping spot, famous as Triund to its South East with 4-5 tea stalls and a Forest Department Rest House and second camping spot at SnowLine Cafe after 2 hours hill-walk to North at around 3300 meters MSL and Laka"
Triund is one day hiking trail on one of the oldest migratory route seasonally used by “Gaddi Shepherds” of “Chamba Valley” and Kangra Valley.
Triund Hill is located at a height of about 2,842 meters above sea level and with a distance of about 9 kilometers from McLeodganj (located at height of 2,082 meters above sea level) and 17 kilometers from Dharamsala. During your trek if lucky enough, you can see the birds like Alpine Ancestors and wild animals like musk deer and black bear. Once you reach at the first campground Triund, of Triund Hill, you will find yourself standing in front of the mighty and humble looking Dhauladhar (the mountain peak of Dhauladhar is at an altitude of about 4,800 meters from sea level).
On a clean day you can have a spellbound view of Kangra along with the hills surrounding Triund Hill. Once you reach Illaqa/Laka your soul can experience the positive energy that Dhauladhar Mountain disperse off all around. The shepherds, hikers and trekkers cross over Indrahar-Pass Jot (located at height of about 4,342 meters above sea level) to reach Chamba via Kuwarsi and Holi
Triund hosts the majestic views bestowed upon by Nature and possibly in the whole World or say North India, the nearest snowline in the entire Himalayan mountain range, here snowline is located in the shortest distance of about 13 kilometers (Distance from McLeodganj). Though now due to Climate Change the glaciers of Dhauladhar are shrinking away at a fast pace.
Once on Triund Hill and one can see the beautiful layers of hills housing small villages spread below in the vast expanse of Kangra valley. On the real top point of Triund Hill, the temple of Shri Kunal Pathri Devi is located and you will find a suitable and comfortable route or trail of 60 minutes for the temple from the backside of the Snow Line cafe, the second high campground of Triund Hill.
