Mawarnag lakes
Exploring SE extremity of the valley. On sunday 12 june 2022, explored two alpine lakes namely Mawarnag at an elevation of around 3800m, located towards South-East extremity of the valley near the administrative boundary of Kashmir and Kishtwar. A chunk of land with beautiful alpine flowers near the ist lake. Roadhead: Ahlan Garol Kokernag (33.49373 75.40190) Then a 2km off-road drive through forest to a place known as Yaripather where the road ends. Details : The trek starts from Yaripather , a 2km off-road drive from Ahlan Garo l, following the stream through the forest. Enroute to the valley comes a place known as Akhran bror/ Arian bror , with dozens of terraced isolated dwellings of nomadic people. Settlements at Arian/Akhran Bror As it is early summer, shepherds are yet to visit high alpine valleys which resulted in the valley being full of wild alpine flowers like Buttercup (Botanical name:Rununculus acris. Kashmiri name : Batakh Loon’t بطخ لونٹ ). Buttercup flowers in the va