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Barot – Bir Billing
Barot is quintessential village folk perched upon his own piece of solitude… the village of badagran in the backdrop, nestled in the agri-rich Uhl valley, Chota Bhangal region, Himachal Pradesh… Parth Joshi.
Barot is a small village in Madi distt of Himachal Pradesh. Barot is famous for its reservoir which was built for Shanan hydro project. This reservoir is also used for Trout farming. Trout is fresh water fish and very popular as food. Trout exported to other states from here. Trout farming is throughout 40 km of stretch of Uhl river. There are many farms of Trout in the stretch.
Uhl river is glacial river, originate from Thamsar mountain, its lakes and glacier ice.
Barot valley is located on the both banks for Uhl river. Some part in Mandi distt and some part in Kangra Distt.
Barot valley has may treks around. Best trek you can do is to follow abandon rail route to Head gear and winch camp. This rail route is built hydro project in 1926 somewhere. now the trolly is operational till Winch camp and rest route till head gear and Barot is not operational and broken at some parts. But one can trek to head gear from Barot side and then follow rail route for 3 km to winch camp.
Trek from Badagran to Plachak which is 9 km trek one way
Trek to Rajgundha village which is 6 km trek one way
Trek to Hanuman Garh – full day 14 km trek one way
Trek to saptvadini Devi – 12 km trek one way
Visit Barot and explore unexplored sites less travelled
Barot is 50 km from Bir Billing by road which takes 2 hrs. One can do day excursion from Bir to Barot, start in morning to spend more time there. Barot has few guest houses which not serve food. Trout fish is best to try at Baroy valley.
Trekking experience in Bir Billing
I am not a stickler for village walks. For one, the outskirts are too alluring; seldom have I trawled the rural surrounds (looking for birds or avoiding turds) without sighing longingly at that peak on the horizon, the ridgelines piously winding their way up and across […]
shaking up that cloud a bit…with the Paragliding World Cup in Billing not far away, the sky is full of flashy shoots prancing around the thermals… we were nearing Billing, taking a hike from Barot side and descending into countless sheep when the mist gave way just long enough…
paraglider descending into Bir, Himachal Pradesh… — Parth Joshi
Camping option in Himachal pradesh wirh paeagliding.
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