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CHADAR TREK FEB 02-13, 2012, THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON OF THE ZANSKAR
 This gorge of the Zanskar, Asia's Grand canyon, remains un-trekkable during the summer when the snow melt sends the river raging, but forms a corridor of ice in winter which serves as the only way, albeit dangerous, out of the Zanskar valley. Infact it is the only way in and out of Zanskar, treacherous, yet, beautiful.
Zanskar - a remote valley in Ladakh is the fabled "Land of White Copper" -  a land that freezes in the winter, is cut off, but is incredibly scenic, the land of the snow leopard and the ibex,  black wolves and the rare Himalayan blue poppy, and of spirits and monks. At an average altitude of over 13,000 ft, the strange aspect of this valley is that it has no entrance. The two rivers that flow in it meet to carve a gorge so long and deep that one cannot travel down it to enter  or exit the region. It is the only way in and out of Zanskar, as the high passes close down for eight months in a year.
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