The Chadar Trek or the Zanskar Gorge is a winter-trail in Zanskar region of Ladakh, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Its walls are near vertical cliffs up to 600 m high and the Zanskar River (a tributary of the Indus) is only 5 m wide in places. The Chadar Trek is the frozen Zanskar River which provides an access route to the Zanskar Valley and is used as a trail by locals and tourists during the winters.[1][2] It takes place on the trade route that has been used by the indigenous people for centuries[3] and is a fairly well established trek. The frozen Zanskar river served and still serves as the traditional and only way of connect between Leh and Zanskar for the locals in the harsh winter months of Ladakh. Its being used by the locals for centuries.
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| Local People |
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Zanskar remains cut off
even when schools reopen in winter 90 miles away in Leh, the capital of
northern India's Ladakh region. Rather than asking kids as young as five to
keep pace, fathers let them rest while they keep moving.
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Photo Source: Collected from Internet
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