{"id":3031,"date":"2014-05-21T15:50:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T10:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2014-05-21T15:50:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T10:20:34","slug":"kedarnath-new-trekking-route-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/kedarnath-new-trekking-route-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Kedarnath New trekking route 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_3032\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/kedarnath_temple_pti_360x270.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3032\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3032\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/kedarnath_temple_pti_360x270-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Opening ceremony Sri Kedarnath Temple 2014\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening ceremony Sri Kedarnath Temple 2014<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Please note this route is changed and new route is being constructed which will be allowed for pilgrims <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">from April 2015<\/span> . for more details check for <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" title=\"Edit \u201cYatra Chardham year 2015   New route to Sri Kedarnath\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3528&amp;action=edit\">Yatra Chardham year 2015 New route to Sri Kedarnath<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">The floods in <strong>Uttrakhand in June 2013<\/strong> had a major impact on the roads and bridges , many places bridges were swept away and roads got damaged due to land slides or got washed away near the river banks , the major impact was in and around the roads to<strong> Guptkashi , Gauri Kund<\/strong> and trekking route<strong> Gauri Kund to Sri Kedarnath.<\/strong> Most of the places roads and bridges are repaired and few places work is still going on .<\/span><br \/>\nTill last year 2013 \u00a0the<strong> Gauri Kund &#8211; Sri Kedarnath<\/strong> route was of 14 km and one could do it in a day with having rest and refreshments at Rambara . this route near was at places completely washed away in the floods and due to land slides the hill was not found to be safe for re construction of trek .<br \/>\nYear 2014 the<strong> Sri Kedarnath ( 11750 ft)<\/strong> is approachable through a new trekking route which starts from <strong>Gauri Kund<\/strong> is now of 21 km. The best part is one can reach<strong> Sonprayag<\/strong> \u00a0by any transport , from here onward the Govt. agencies have taken over for the all arrangements Govt. vehicles are available to take the pilgrims up to<strong> Gaurikund<\/strong> . All pilgrims are medically checked up to make sure that they are<strong> able to climb and walk in the high altitude<\/strong> area , <strong>after the registration they are allowed to start the trek<\/strong> \u00a0from <strong>Gauri Kund<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0<strong>7 km. trek first stop is Bhim Bali<\/strong> where the refreshments are available,\u00a0<strong>next halt is after 7 km at Linchauli<\/strong> <strong>( 11000 ft)<\/strong> \u00a0from <strong>Bhim Bali<\/strong> , <strong>free tented accommodation , free food is available from the Uttrakhand Govt .<\/strong> Mules are available to take the pilgrims on payment basis till<strong> Linchauli<\/strong><br \/>\nThe next day the pilgrims are just 6 km short of<strong> Sri Kedarnath<\/strong> main temple , pilgrims are to visit the temple and return same day for a night stay at <strong>Linchauli<\/strong> <strong>,it is a steep climb and quite exhausting,<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>for Senior Citizens free helicopter service is available<\/strong> , this year Uttrakhand \u00a0Govt. is taking all precautions and not allowing any one except for the priests and security personal to stay in the temple area and the<strong> Kedarnath Valley .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For more information contact \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">+91 &#8211; 9810506646<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Callers from outside India <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">+ 44 7700093414<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Email :<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> promark@promarktravels.com<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Blog :<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> www.promarktravels.com\/blog<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note this route is changed and new route is being constructed which will be allowed for pilgrims from April 2015 . for more details check for Yatra Chardham year 2015 New route to Sri Kedarnath The floods in Uttrakhand in June 2013 had a major impact on the roads and bridges , many places <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/kedarnath-new-trekking-route-2014\/\">&hellip;&nbsp;<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,10,11,24,29],"tags":[49,213,316,795,796,832,920,1012,1032,1328,1330,1332,1556,2010,2416,2643,2659,2996],"class_list":["post-3031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-architecture","category-char-dham","category-helicopter-charters","category-himalayas","category-sri-kedarnath","category-yatra-chardham-itineraries","tag-accommodation-at-linchauli","tag-bad-weather-at-sri-kedarnath","tag-bhim-bali","tag-free-arrangements-at-linchauli","tag-free-helicopter-service-at-sri-kedarnath","tag-gauri-kund","tag-guptkashi","tag-helicopter-service-for-sri-kedarnath","tag-high-altitude","tag-kedarnath","tag-kedarnath-new","tag-kedarnath-valley","tag-linchauli","tag-new-trekking-route-sri-kedarnath","tag-safe-route-sri-kedarnath","tag-snow-at-sri-kedarnath","tag-sonprayag","tag-uttrakhand-govt-arrangements-for-chardham-yatra"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}