Cycling Garhwal: Introduction |
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Garhwal contains many of Indias finest mountains, and therefore has an important place in the history of mountaineering. It also contains the four sacred sources of the Ganges the Char Dham for which reason it attracts many Hindu pilgrims. A moderate number of westerners go trekking there, but it is little visited by cycle tourists. The roads are narrow, winding, hilly, and scenic. We spent 3 weeks touring the Char Dham in October 2005, occasionally breaking the ride with short treks beyond the roadhead.
On this site we provide 4 pages each of route notes and narratives. There is also a high resolution map and a page of general information.
The page border comes from a carpet
we saw hanging on the wall at the Ganga Kinare hotel, Rishikesh.
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