Great Himalaya Trail

Exploration and discovery are the essential ingredients in adventure travel. Unfamiliar territory, new faces and exciting exploits are lures that draw us toward our destination. To have all this, set amongst staggering beauty, jaw dropping scenery and rich, thriving local cultures, is to journey by foot along…

 Great Himalaya Trail

There is no single Great Himalaya Trail. Rather, there is a network of intertwining trails that stretch from one end of Nepal to the other. The passage through any one particular section of trail is dependent on the season. In the depths of winter, some higher altitude sections are blocked because of high snowfall. During the months of the summer monsoon rains, passage along some sections is a daunting prospect due to high water levels, mud, washouts of trails and bridges, and leeches.
Trails once only used for migration, trade and nomadic wanderings are now also used by trekkers. Numerous expeditions have crossed Nepal from east to west, but due to restricted areas, most had to divert south away from the Nepal/Tibet border. The last restricted sections are now open. The entire traverse of the Great Himalaya Trail takes about 160 days but Back Track has broken it down to shorter sections to enable it to be more accessible.