GILDUNG SNOW CAVE

(Joshimath Tehsil - IN)
30.916700,79.850000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

I met with the first snow near Gildung [Geldhung camping ground N30°55': E079°51': 15,000 feet = 4572 m asl], more than 14,500 feet high, and this snow was merely a snow-cave in the river, the leavings of last winter (BATTEN 1838: 313).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Batten, J H 1838.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1837 October: J. H. BATTEN (1838: 313) observed a snow cave at Gildung. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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