
Hemkund Sahib
The print
Printed to order at 300 DPI, rendered natively at your size and never upscaled. Print only; the frame in the photos is for scale.
Shipping & returns
Printed in 2 to 5 business days, then 3 to 5 in transit within the US, rolled in a sturdy tube. Free US shipping; outside the US, shipping is calculated at checkout. 14-day reprint-or-refund guarantee, any reason, no return shipping. You have 1 hour after checkout to change trail, style or size, just reply to your confirmation email. Full returns policy.
About the Hemkund Sahib trail
Hemkund Sahib covers 8.3 miles out and back in Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks. The route rises 7,269 feet in total, and its elevation spans 6,932 to 13,658 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 73 percent, against an average of 876 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Joshīmath, 11 miles away.
The trail
Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib is a Sikh place of worship (gurdwara) and pilgrimage site in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India. It is devoted to Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), the tenth Sikh Guru, and finds mention in Dasam Granth.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Along the route
- Ghangharia Camping Groundmi 4.9
Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.
Questions about the Hemkund Sahib print
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How hard is Hemkund Sahib?
Trail geometry and place names for this print: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles. The derived trail dataset is published at /open-data. Best months are an estimate from NASA POWER climate data (CC BY 4.0), 2001 to 2020 monthly averages adjusted to the trail's elevation, not an official season; check current conditions and closures.