Sai Ropa Tourist Center, where you can stay and prepare to leave for the park.

School kids are ready for another class after washing the wooden boards
at Gushaini, the road head from where the trek starts.

The trek starts on a wide trail.

The corn on the cob kept for drying on rooftop.

After the last village the trails are narrow and less used.

We have entered the park and its time to rest and have some tea.

Recent floods have destroyed the bridge and so we cross the Tirthan river over logs.
We from the plains require some helping hand.

A solitary hut inside the park, just before the Rolla hut.

All is not over yet.

Rolla hut, next to the Tirthan river.

The climb started after the Rolla hut as we moved on. Fallen trees were of immense help.

The Shilt Hut at 3100 meters.

Breakfast of Aloo pratha at the hut.

Examining a pug mark on the trail passing through the dense undergrowth  ahead of Shilt hut.

Water was available only at Chhordwari, the Western Tragopan country.

Passing through dense bamboo forest.