Zanskar Valley Trek: The Complete Guide to India’s Most Extreme Himalayan Adventure Beyond the Chadar Trek Experience Zanskar Valley is one of the last places in India that still feels like a frontier. Wedged deep in the northwestern Himalayas, the valley is surrounded by high‑pass ridges and glacier‑tipped peaks, and its river often freezes so hard in winter that people walk across it as if it were a road. The infamous Chaddar Trek, once the main way to cross the Zanskar in winter, has become crowded and increasingly regulated, but Zanskar itself remains one of the most demanding and rewarding trekking regions in the country. For experienced mountain travellers, a…