| photos : route notes : narrative : map (500kB) : stats What gave this tour a new complexion for us was the fact that we learnt of some mountain biking routes in the area. With our usual optimism wed looked at the Kukina Khal in trekking guides and wondered whether we could get our bikes across it. A few web searches led us to a company which claimed to support a mountain bike trip there, but which did not reply to our emails; and a few more led to Mountain Bike Kerala which had a trip to the Pindari glacier. Mountain Bike Kerala turned out to be run by an Englishman, Mike McLean, and to be happy to support custom tours. We made the arrangements and had the support of a guide Pankaj, a porter Chammu, and occasional mules, mulemen, and for a while Pankajs uncle Prakash.
In these pages we provide the same sorts of information as for other destinations, but no gen page because it wouldnt differ much from what we wrote about Garhwal. We do, however, provide an especially attractive map. We also have downloadable copies of the USM series maps; click on the relevant area of the key map to the right.
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