Looking to soar new heights during your vacations in India, try Mountaineering in India. It was the Europeans who introduced the sport of mountaineering in the 18th century in India. Today, the sport of mountaineering has slowly become a serious hobby. There are institutes that take up the training programs for the adventure seekers. For example the Directorate of Mountaineering & Allied Sports, Himachal Pradesh. India as a country has been blessed with several mountain ranges that are ideal to pursue mountaineering.
While on vacation in India, tourists may take a pick for the peak or the trekking route to be pursued. During summers mountaineering is the ideal holiday activity. The trekking in the mountains provides the cool surroundings that are an escape from the heat of the plains. The monsoons should be avoided as the heavy rain and the landslides are experienced in several parts of India.
Owing to the various mountain ranges, India is dotted with several mountaineering destinations. From the list of most important mountaineering destinations in India you can choose your holiday spot as - Himachal Pradesh, Garhwal and Kumaon regions of Uttaranchal, Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast India to Sikkim. Num and Kun and the Zanskar range in Jammu and Kashmir are renowned summit with the mountaineers. Besides the amateur mountaineers the technical climbing skills are put to test at Kishtawar and the peaks that are as high as 6,500 m above ground level. For those of you to dare and have a passion to win take on the areas of Lahaul and Spiti as well as the Kullu valley that have several challenging peaks. In India the peaks are categorized into 'open', 'virgin', 'border', 'trekking' and 'others'. Each category has several choices to make.
