- Time: 3-4 hrs
- Distance: 9.1 km
- Elevation: Lamayuru: 3450m/11,320ft
- Prinkiti La: 3700m/12,140ft.
- Wanla: 3200m/10,500ft
- Walk down the stream and follow its bed east.
- Walk up the bottom of the small gully on the left until it divides in three directions, taking the left fork which winds steeply up to the prinkiti la.
- The pretty wanla village with its 11th century gompa high up on a crag, make a pleasant place to stop.
- Time: 5 hrs
- Distance: 12.4 km
- Elevation: Wanla: 3200m/10,500ft
- Ursi 3670m/12,040ft
- Trek from wanla to phanjila.
- The trail to Alchi turns NE up the Ripchar valley, after the main group of houses the track climbs by a series of hairpin bends and traverses, a high steep, unstable slope for 3km.
- Time: 8-9 hrs
- Distance: 11.6 km
- Elevation: 4850m/15,910ft
- he going can be difficult over the jumble of boulders on the floor of the gorge, before the valley widens on its way up the mountain side.
- The views from the top are as good as you do expect, stretching south to the Zanskar.
- Range and east along the Indus Valley. The descent to Tar is a long and arduous one through a seemingly endless deep valley.
- Time: 7-8 hrs
- Distance: 11.1 km
- Elevation: Tar 3250m/10,660ft
- Hibti la 4150m/13,620ft
- Mang gyu 4140m/13,850ft
- There are many places to camp in both the upper and lower past of the village.
- From the pass there are sensational views of the Indus Valley stretching away to the east as far as Leh.
- Follow the route up this valley, which gets gradually steeper as it nears the top.
- Time: 4-5 hrs
- Distance: 11.9 km
- Elevation: Mang gyu 4140m/13,580ft
- Alchi 3150m/10,340ft
- Mang Gyu is stretched out on a spur of the hillside above the confluence of the two rivers.
- Camping spot is on the flat ground near the confluence of the two rivers.
- The small Gompa dates from the 11th century is at the top of the village.
- Getting to / from the trek
- it takes 4 hours to drive from Leh to Lamayuru (115 km)
- it takes one hour and a half to drive from Alchi to Leh (75 km)