Moderate · Best Winter Trek
Kedarkantha Trek
Sankri · Juda Ka Talab · Base Camp · Kedarkantha Summit
4 Days 3 Nights
Max 3,810 m
20 km
Uttarakhand
Sankri · Juda Ka Talab · Base Camp · Kedarkantha Summit
Kedarkantha is India's most loved winter trek, and it earns the title. Starting from the Himalayan village of Sankri, the trail climbs through snow-laden pine forest, past the frozen Juda Ka Talab, to a summit that opens onto a 360° wall of peaks — Swargarohini, Bandarpoonch, Black Peak and Ranglana. The summit-day sunrise over the snow is the kind of view people travel years to see. We run it as a 4-day trek with full camping setup from Dehradun.
Depart Dehradun for the long, beautiful 200 km drive to Sankri.
Reach Sankri (1,950 m). Check in to the guesthouse.
Dinner and a trek briefing.
Breakfast, then begin the 4 km climb through pine forest.
Reach Juda Ka Talab (2,700 m), often frozen in winter.
Camp by the lake. Snacks, dinner and rest.
Climb to the Kedarkantha base camp (3,400 m).
Reach base camp with open views of the summit.
Early dinner and rest before the midnight summit push.
Pre-dawn summit climb to Kedarkantha top (3,810 m).
Sunrise over a 360° Himalayan panorama.
Descend to base, then all the way to Sankri.
Drive back toward Dehradun (arrival late evening).