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Warmer winter impacts ice hockey, Chadar trek in country’s coldest region of Ladakh

  • January 20, 2024
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Warmer winter impacts ice hockey, Chadar trek in country’s coldest region of Ladakh

Subject: Geography

Section: India Physical Geography

Context:

  • Unusually warm weather in Ladakh this winter has affected extreme winter sports like ice hockey and the 105-kilometre Chadar trek.
  • In Ladakh’s Kargil town, ice hockey rinks faced challenges in forming a proper ice surface, prompting the use of electric fans to maintain safe playing conditions.
  • The warmer temperatures, deviating from the normal pattern by four to eight degrees, also impacted the Chadar trek, causing a delay in its start and a shorter route due to late ice formation on the Zanskar River.
    • The Chadar trek is one of the extreme sports in the country and is held only when the temperature drops between -30 to -35 degrees.
  • The usual extreme conditions required for these activities were not met due to the warmer and deficient snowfall months of November and December.

About Chadar trek:

  • The Chadar Trek or the Zanskar Gorge Trek is a winter trail over the frozen Zanskar River, which lies in the Indian Union territory of Ladakh.
  • It is traditionally the only means of travel in the area during the harsh winter months. The trail has become popular with foreign adventure tourists.
  • The walls are near vertical cliffs up to 600 m high and the Zanskar River (a tributary of the Indus) flows in a narrow gorge that is only 5 metres (16 ft) wide in places.
  • The overall distance is approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) – an average trekker walks 16 kilometres (10 mi) per day.

Zanskar River:

  • It is the first major tributary of the Indus River, equal or greater in volume than the main river, which flows entirely within Ladakh, India.
  • It originates northeast of the Great Himalayan range and drains both the Himalayas and the Zanskar Range within the region of Zanskar.
  • It flows northeast to join the Indus River near Nimo.

Source: TH

Geography Warmer winter impacts ice hockey

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