• On your first day of Phulara Ridge trek, you will head towards Sankri from Dheradun, a pretty small village in Uttarakhand with 250 around houses nearby.
• The village consists of small Dhabas, and shops, like the village, is the base camp for many other treks as well such as Kedarkantha,
• Har Ki Dun. The small village in the Lap of Himalayas is so stunning and offers the bewitching view of Swargarohini peak standing still. As you drive to Sankri, you going to cross Nainbagh, Naugaon, Purola, Jarmola, Mori Naitwari, and finally Sankri. It is a total 8 to 10 hrs drive towards Sankri from Dehradun

• On your 2nd day of Phulara Ridge trek, you will head towards Sikolta from Sankri base camp you will cross the lovely pine forest, and around 1.5 hrs in ascent you will reach a small bridge to cross.
• While ascents keep in mind to take careful steps while rising, and later there will come some broken dhabas that you will cross, and after 30 min in the trek you will reach the first place that is “Jainot Thatch”.
• Later another more 10 min in the trek you will need ascent towards Marikoda, wherein your left you will be able to behold the beauty of Dhunda, and also a glimpse of the Phulara Ridge.
• You will be surprised in the whole Phulara ridge as you will get to see so much, as treks in Uttarakhand are already so popular and offers the stunning mountain vistas.
• Therefore Phulara Ridge trek has everything in one that is so stunning and ultimate.
• Snow-capped mountain peaks will be visible and look so attractive, along with the ridge your cross will offer you a lot of adventure at the same time.

• A good ascent from Sikolta for about 30 minutes through the forest patch. The forest is a bit dark and dense. Watch out for few trees fallen down on the trail. You spot a bridge at down along the trail. A small descend to the bridge and a sharp ascend through a small section of the landslide terrain. This section is just about 100 meters. A nice stream is flowing underneath the bridge where you can fill water.
• The bridge and the stream separate the valley. Continue the ascend for another 15 minutes to reach a bigger clearing known as ‘Karsu Thatch’. The grass is filled with yellow flowers.
• As you enter this big clearing, to the right you see the Kedarkantha peak. You see the decline in the tree line from here. You need to take the gradual ascent and keep to your left. The ascent is a gradual one for another 30 minutes. The rohdo type trees with some Bhoj trees are filled on the trail now. The flowers bloom after the monsoon. The clearings start to open up and you enter the lush green meadows.
• A treat for your eyes and legs, one can enjoy walking on the green cover now.

• The top of the ridge can be seen from the campsite. To start the day, there is a nice ascent. It takes about 45 minutes to reach the top of the ridge. A lot of Himalayan Monals can be spotted on this trail. I saw seven Monals on this day and when approaching the ridge.
• The view from the ridge is amazing. The view of the snow peaked mountains of 250 degrees. You can see the ridge going ahead with slight ascents to reach the end of this beautiful trail. As you are trekking, you feel the snow-capped mountains moving along with you.
• Another hour of trekking, you come to the end of this trail where it takes a right turn. Few stones kept along the pathway, make you feel like you getting a grand entrance to view the majestic view. The peaks from right to left are Hanuman Top, Sarutal Top, DKD, Bandarpoonch, Kalanag, Swargarohini, Hata Peak(HKD), Ranglana, Devkyara valley, Lekha Top, Vijay Top, Kedarkantha.
• Take the right from this point where the trail leads. An intermittent signal of Vodafone can be caught at the top. You can see multiple descents and ascents one has to take. The base of Sarutal is where you need to cross

• The trail would be a complete descent to the village of Thaluka. The first 30 minutes is the descent through the meadows. You see some broken Gujjar huts here. You see the trail coming from the Taloti valley to the right. Take the descent and join this trail. Keep descending and going towards the right. The tree line starts to increase. The floor is laden with beautiful yellow flowers. It feels like a bed to just lie down.
• A descent for another 30 minutes, you enter the forest. Wide good trails entering the forest at first. The forest is a big one and is easy to get lost if you go off trail. Initially, trees are spaced with a good amount of light coming through the cover. Later big pine trees dawn over you. You seem like a tiny individual trekking in the big forest. You need to cross some trees which have fallen down on the ground.
• A troop of curious langurs stares at your trekking technique while they jump effortlessly from one tree to another.

Have breakfast and leave early in the morning so you can reach Dehradun on time. You can have your lunch on the way.