Trekking in the Himalaya

Students going through fitness training in a conifer tree forest near Manali in Himachal Pradesh, North India, before going on a mountaineering expedition in the Himalaya / Himalayas.

Manali at an altitude of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) in the Beas River Valley is a hill station nestled in the mountains of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh near the northern end of the Kullu Valley. It is located about 270 km (168 mi) north of the state capital, Shimla.

Manali with a population of approx. 30,000 is administratively a part of the Kullu district. The small town is the beginning of an ancient trade route to Ladakh and from there over the Karakoram Pass on to Yarkand and Khotan in the Tarim Basin.

Source: Wikipedia

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