How not to do Benog Tibba or How we screwed up ourselves on the easiest trek

DO NOT START THIS TREK FROM LIBRARY CHOWK AS SUGGESTED IN OTHER POSTS, START FROM CLOUD'S END, TAKE A CAR TILL THAT POINT

It takes royalty to screw yourself climbing something as simple as Benog Tibba, something that we did on our Benog Trek.

We (Lasha, Aakash and I) had been planning a trek for a while. Although some of my friends like to take everyone along, I o the other hand believe don't plan too much.

Benog Tibba is a small hill in Massouri with a small temple on top. We did not know much about the terrane but from what it looked like it would be simple. It would also be a case of writing a good blog because most information on the trek is sketchy and incomplete.

So the four of us (Lasha, Aakash, Zaid and me)  met up at my place around 10 at night and drove down to Massouri. We reached around 6 in the morning and walked into an Army cross country drill.

Aakash figured out entertaining and educational ways of finding a room and by 9ish we were off to our trek.

The problem with Benog Tibba is that the route is not well documented and one doesn't know how and where to start from. This Blog will hopefully solve some of gaps and provide future travelers.

The Start

By the time we had booked our hotel eaten our breakfast and were ready to start it was almost 9 AM. We were on Mall road, Massouri and started from Gandhi Chawk towards Clouds end resort, its a good 7 Km walk and takes you through points of absolutely no interest. The road has no particular interesting detours except for perhaps the house of George Everest.

A Better Start

If you are smart unlike us, you could shave off a good 14 Km walk form your trek by driving till Clouds End.

Climbing the Hill

At the entrance gate of Clouds End Resort there exists a detour towards right with a small blocking  using a pipe. The temple on the peak is visible from the starting point The Climb towards Benog is odd, it starts with a descent. The idea is to climb down the first hill and then on top of the other.

There is no water or food available on this trek and the path is rather unknown and hence clean.

The walk itself is mostly under trees in shade.

The path is one single and route with no detours. Finally as one is almost at the end of the trek there is a huge climb which ends with flat grounds and the temple visible.