Badiyakot To Himni Trek | May 2026 | Indian Western Himalayas Traverse Guide - Chamoli, Uttarakhand
Badiyakot To Himni is a Trek in Kumaon Region of Chamoli District Uttarakhand. Complete Guide, No of Days, Route with GPX file, Food Management, Elevation Gain, Trans Uttarakhand Traverse
Badiyakot is connected via the road. Every day in the morning villagers leave for Town and come back in the evening. This is the another section of Trans Uttarakhand Traverse [ here ] after Khaljuni to Badiyakot [ here ].
The GPX file for all the section can be downloaded from Trans Uttarakhand Traverse Blog.
I was offered dinner and a stay for night by one of the local villager. I was served Chapati with Sabzi and Matha (Lassi or Butter Milk) in the dinner. After finishing my dinner, i was given a separate room to sleep. I had a good night sleep, early morning the guy woke me up around 5 am.
As i shared my next destination with him, he suggested that there is a road now till Bhararkhandi – a small hamlet below the Pass and also the last village of Kumaon region. So one of his friend is a taxi driver and was going to Bhararkhandi to get villagers and drop them to town for their work. This is his everyday routine. Coming back to waking up, I woke up in a hurry, as he was leaving already. I didn’t even washed my face, i only had tea and pick up my bagpack and ran toward the road.
Fortunately, he was waiting. In about 40 minutes, I reached Bhararkhandi hamlet. I was hoping that i would find a dhaba there but there is none. There is one small shop, from there i bought biscuits and choclate. One old age Aunty offered me tea, which i needed badly as i had not ate breakfast.
After having tea and biscuits, started moving. Trail is pretty much good till upper Bhararkhandi. Then from there for about a km you have to climb a steep ridge and trail is not that visible. Afterwards you can see the trail, although made up of loose rocks till you reach Talwara Shepherds Camp.
I could see lot of Shepherds camp, which are alive all season except winter due to snow fall. I was too hungry so took a break, drank lot of water and made pasta from emergency ration.
From the Campsite, there is a steep 1 km climb till pass. Once you cross the pass there is 2 km section which takes you to the most isolated valley. I would say as it was my first time having such experience of wilderness. I felt too lonely at that place. Where ever i could see there was nothing except rocky mountains, valley going downwards, peaks.
After covering some 1.5 km i reached a ridge where there was a place filled with different colours of flower. Which changed my mood from lonely to happy. I sat there for like 20 minutes just to enjoy them. From there i walked on a slope and met first shepherd with his sheeps. Now the trails is pretty much straight till Dulam, which is also a campsite of Shepherds.
From there you will have your Jio and Airtel Network and you hike down till Himni. In Garhwal region you will start having Jio/Airtel network almost in every village except one or two. Once i reached Himni, i found one shop and had chowmein and cold drink. There are dhabas and shops there.
I sat there till 6 PM and had my dinner and then i camped in the ground. There are many places to pitch your tent and i pitched my tent in Volleyball ground.
That was the end of the day and this section. In the next section, i will share about the route from Himni to Wan.
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