Day-02 29 Jun 2013 Jaz Banda to Jaz Dand/ Katora Lake to Jaz Banda to Jandrai to Thal
Day 2 was full of tracking so we woke up @ 5:30 am & after getting fresh took our breakfast and were ready for Jaz Dand / Katora Lake track @ 07:00am.
Group of Sheringal University students & teachers also started the lake track along with us, but soon they left us behind as they had already done this track many times.
At start track was in very good shape & easy to walk through lush green meadows till Bara Dand Lake. We reached Bara Dand Lake in almost 1 hrs,and after that footpath vanished & converted into Kundol Lake track through big rocks & we have to move up & down many time to move forward.
Bara Dand Lake is in Kashkool shape & remains in sight till we reached Katora Lake due to its big long size!
Our forwarders Shahbaz & Murtaza were running on the track & were almost half an hour ahead us, Rashid bhai were behind them then me & then our super slow trackers Imran Bhai Rana sb at last!
Just before reaching lake there is a very steep ascend to reach lake & then descend to lake as lake is in Katora shape.
We reached at lake in 3:30 hrs, Lake was very beautiful & was still half frozen. Main hills behind Lake called Chimrain Peaks which have cover the lake with snowy walls. We stayed at Lake almost 1:30 hrs & then returned back to Jaz Banda @ 02:30 pm & after having lunch packed our stuff & start tracking down for Jandrai village @ 03:40 pm.
Reached Jandrai @ 07: 00 pm & than through jeep reached Thal @ 08 :00 pm. Stopped in Thal bazar for dinner & then decided to stay night in Kumrat Forest rest house which was almost 1 hrs drive away from Thal.
Jaz Dand Lake elevation 11700 ft
Jaz Banda Elevation 10300 ft
Below is Jaz Banda to Jaz Dand Lake track in blue color.
