Chadar

Chadar is a high-adrenaline dream-trek for trekkers across the globe. For Zanskaris, it is the only way in an out of Zanskar in winter, as it has been for over a thousand years...

  • Blue to white…
    Blue to white…
    A suspended bridge over a semi-frozen Zanskar river near Zangla
  • Frozen
    Frozen
    A completely frozen and snowed over Zanskar
  • Another bridge
    Another bridge
    Another bridge over Zanskar, albeit a different kind
  • Frozen in time
    Frozen in time
    Crossing a frozen waterfall near Nerak
  • The pose
    The pose
    One for the album on the frozen waterfall
  • Mesmerised
    Mesmerised
    A man crosses a waterfall, frozen in time
  • Playtime!
    Playtime!
    Enjoying a makeshift game of ice-hockey on the chadar
  • Reflections
    Reflections
    The setting sun casts magic on iced over chadar
  • The walk
    The walk
    Walking on snowed over chadar
  • Sledged
    Sledged
    A man pulls a sledge on iced over chadar
  • Thawed
    Thawed
    Walking on melted ice
  • Bubbles
    Bubbles
    A man stands on a sheet of ice from which bubbles could not escape
  • Watch out!
    Watch out!
    Treading cautiously on a melted portion of the chadar
  • Of rock & ice
    Of rock & ice
    Slabs of ice strewn on the chadar
  • Tricky passage
    Tricky passage
    A group of porters pass through a narrow and tricky stretch of the chadar
  • Treading on thin ice
    Treading on thin ice
    Treading cautiously on thin ice on the chadar
  • Chaang
    Chaang
    A chaang utinsil drawn inside an ice cave to mark Losar
  • Going strong
    Going strong
    An old woman walking on the chadar