From Pithoragarh to Everest
How a small border-town society put its members on 25+ world summits — Everest, Pumori, Dhaulagiri, Kilimanjaro and Elbrus.
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Om Parvat
The snow-drawn ॐ, up close →
Regd. Society No. 1053/1998-99
Everest & Kilimanjaro summiteers
IMF Clean Himalaya partner
Rescue-trained guides
Signature expeditions
Journeys we know
like our own courtyard.
Dharchula, Darma and Johar — the border valleys of Pithoragarh are our backyard. We hold the permits desk, the homestay friendships and the weather sense.
4,762 m
Yatra
Adi Kailash & Om Parvat
Darshan of the Panch Kailash twins on India's most sacred border road — Jolingkong, Parvati Kund and the ॐ of Nabhidhang.
4 daysEx-DharchulaMay–Jun · Sep–OctILP handled
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4,260 m
Moderate
Darma Valley — Panchachuli Base Camp
Sunrise on five snow towers, nights in Rung village homestays at Dugtu and Dantu.
3 daysEx-DharchulaBeginner-friendlyILP handled
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4,268 m
Challenging
Milam Glacier
Walk the old Tibet trade route through Johar's ghost villages to one of Kumaon's greatest glaciers.
8-9 daysEx-MunsiyariJohar valleyNanda Devi East views
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Why The ICE
Not an operator.
A mountain institution.
- Local-born, certified guides — trained at India's premier mountaineering institutes, walking these valleys since childhood.
- Rescue-proven — the team the district calls when disaster strikes: 2013 floods, Bastari 2016, Munsyari 2019, Madkote 2020.
- Permits handled at home turf — Inner Line Permits for the border valleys arranged in Dharchula, where we're known by name.
- Responsible by charter — a registered society that cleans the trails it walks, with six IMF cleanathon expeditions.
25+peaks summited by members — Everest, Pumori, Dhaulagiri, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus
75+trekking expeditions
56rock climbing trainings
150+disaster-management trainings
25+waterfall rappelling camps
Hidden gems
Places the highway
never tells you about.
Day journeys and add-ons around Pithoragarh — ask us to stitch them into any itinerary.
126 m fallBirthi Falls
Kumaon's great cascade on the Munsiyari road — and our rappelling wall.
2,734 mNarayan Ashram
A 1936 spiritual retreat amid deodars on the old Kailash route.
Gliding pointChandak Ridge
Hang-gliding launch above the Soar Valley, 8 km from town.
2,000 m shrineThal Kedar
A ridge-top Shiva temple with a quiet forest approach.
WildlifeAskot Sanctuary
Musk deer, Himalayan black bear and — if the gods smile — snow leopard.
Border gorgeKali River
Stand above the India–Nepal gorge at Jhulaghat and Dharchula.
Sacred lakeChhipla Kund
The "Gupt Kailash" — a high pilgrimage only shepherds and we still walk.
From the field
Stories carried down
from altitude.
Cleaning the trails we love
Six cleanathon expeditions with the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, flagged off by ministers, magistrates and mountaineers.
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