MODERATE

4–5 hours

Margan Top - Shilsar Lake

A gentle valley walk from Margan Pass to the serene Shilsar Lake amid Himalayan meadows.

4–5 hours
Duration
StartMargan Pass parking area

About this trek

This 7.2-km out-and-back trail near Marwah leads through green Himalayan meadows and grasslands to the lesser-known Shilsar Lake, tucked close to Margan Top. The trailhead sits at the parking area on Margan Pass, reachable by taxi or private vehicle. The gentle gradient and rich birdlife make this an approachable half-day walk with big scenery for relatively little effort.

Season window

Best windowJune — September

Route & trail

No surveyed route yet.

This trek has not been digitised, so there is no map, no elevation profile and no checkpoint list for it. Everything else on this page is editor-checked information about the walk itself.

Safety & conditions

WildlifeModerate

Getting there

Starting pointMargan TopJammu, Kashmir

About 74 km from Srinagar as the crow flies — the road is longer.

Directions to the trailhead

Gear checklist

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GEAR

The Kashmir Explorer app keeps the same checklist on your account and inside the offline Trek Pack.

Photographs

No photos of this one yet.

Photography for this route has not been added yet. The map and elevation profile above still apply.

No trekker reports yet.

Conditions on this route change week to week. If you walk it, a short report on pass snow and river levels genuinely helps the next group — reports are posted from the Kashmir Explorer app.

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