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Trekking Routes
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Imagine walking for 3 to 6 hours every day for a week or two or three. In this amount of time, you might cover 150 miles and climb the Elevation Loss:Now imagine strolling for a few hours a day for 4 or 5 days. This, too, is what it means to trek. Trekking can be a long and arduous journey or it can be a relatively easy walk in the hills. The route descriptions in this section cover the most popular teahouse treks and should help you decide which one is right for you. The routes will also get you from point A to point B and back again.
We have broken the descriptions into days, reflecting the distance we traveled at our normal pace (some days are a bit long due to the lack of suitable lodgings at an easy stopping point). Your trekking pace may vary from ours but probably not by much. Some trekkers prefer to get up at dawn, toss down a cup of tea, and hit the trail, making use of as much sunlight as possible. If you are such a person, you're likely to find that you can hike farther than is suggested each day. However, by hiking quickly, you may miss one of the most important reasons for going on a trek-to slow down from the hurried pace of life back home.
If you are going on an organized trek, you may find that you do not follow any of the treks described here. More and more trekking agencies are trying to take groups to less-traveled areas. However, if you are going on a group trek that has selected one of the more popular trails, the route descriptions here will give you a sense of what to expect. Compare your trek itinerary to mine to get an idea of what you will be covering each day.
Perhaps the most important information to note in these descriptions are the elevations. A trek that sounds easy at first may include a 6,000-foot (1,829m) ascent in 1 1/2 & days (the Jomosom trek) or three ascents and descents of 3,000 to 5,000 feet (914m to 1,524m) over 3 days (the trek to Namche Bazaar from Jiri). It is always a good idea to prepare yourself mentally for such difficult days. Also, some treks ascend to elevations where altitude sickness is a very real danger. Many people have died over the years in Nepal because they ignored signs of altitude sickness. Pay attention to the elevations and make sure you spend the required numbers of days acclimatizing at high elevation.
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