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Garhwal Himalaya · Uttarakhand

Chopta Chandrashila

Easy~12 km trail2 trekking daysMax 4,000 mBest: Apr, May, Oct

Schematic line through verified waypoints — carry your operator's GPS track on the trail. Map © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

895 m2,000 m2,438 m2,600 m2,700 m3,680 m4,000 m4,000 m0 km~160 km straight-line
Schematic profile between waypoints — not a surveyed GPS elevation track.

Day by day

  1. 1

    Day 1 — Rudraprayag · 895 m

    approx, road junction town

  2. 2

    Day 1 — Sari Village · 2,000 m

    approx, Deoria Tal trailhead

  3. 3

    Day 1 — Deoria Tal · 2,438 m

    Mirror lake, verified Wikipedia

  4. 4

    Day 2 — Baniyakund · 2,600 m

    approx, meadow between Sari and Chopta

  5. 5

    Day 2 — Chopta · 2,700 m

    Meadow base, verified Wikipedia

  6. 6

    Day 2 — Tungnath · 3,680 m

    Highest Shiva temple, verified Wikipedia

  7. 7

    Day 2 — Chandrashila · 4,000 m

    Moon-stone summit, verified Wikipedia

Permits & reaching base

No permit needed, pay only the small Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary forest check-post fee at Chopta or Baniyakund.

Base: Chopta. Take the train to Rishikesh or Haridwar, then a bus or shared cab to Rudraprayag and Ukhimath and on to Chopta. Walk from Chopta to Tungnath and Chandrashila, with Deoria Tal reached from Sari village by road.

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Key waypoints are verified against published sources; remote camps are operator-reported positions. The line is schematic, not a surveyed GPS track. Trails shift with weather — carry your operator's current GPS track, a registered guide and all permits.