Vijay Top

Vijay Top — The Quiet Ridge Above Sankri

Vijay Top is a viewpoint ridge at 12,000 ft above Sankri village in the Govind Wildlife Sanctuary — one of the best-kept secrets in the Kedarkantha basecamp area. While thousands of trekkers pass through Sankri each year heading for Kedarkantha, very few take the alternative trail to Vijay Top, a 12,000 ft ridge that offers an equally spectacular panorama of the Swargarohini range and Bandarpunch massif without the summit crowds. The route shares the first section with the Kedarkantha trail but branches off at the Juda Ka Talab clearing into the Supin Valley drainage.

The view

The Vijay Top ridge faces directly northwest toward the Swargarohini group — the same range that Kedarkantha summit overlooks, but from a different angle. Swargarohini I-IV (21,000+ ft) are framed without foreground obstruction. The deep Supin Valley drops away below to the north, and on clear days the entire Har Ki Dun range fills the eastern horizon. In winter the ridge carries 2-3 ft of wind-packed snow that makes for excellent snowshoeing terrain.

Season

The same window as Kedarkantha: December through March for snow, October-November for the green meadow and post-monsoon clarity. April-May sees green trails and good views but the snow has largely melted. We do not run monsoon batches.

Sankri is the basecamp — same as Kedarkantha. Drive from Dehradun (Prince Chowk, 6:30 AM departure) via Mussoorie, Purola, and Mori — 220 km, 9–10 hours. Sankri has several guesthouses; we use two family-run properties with twin-sharing rooms, hot bucket water, and a kitchen mess. This is the same transport and basecamp arrangement as the Kedarkantha trek — consider combining both in back-to-back batches.

Cancellations must be requested in writing.

- More than 30 days before the trek start date: 90% refund. - 21–30 days before: 50% refund. - 11–20 days before: 25% refund. - 10 days or fewer: no refund, but you may transfer your slot to another trekker or to any future batch within 12 months at no extra charge.

Refunds are processed to the original payment method within 7-10 working days. Trip cancellations triggered by us (weather, force majeure, government restrictions) are refunded in full or moved to an alternate batch at your option.