Winter Treks Quiz Contest - 2017

Recently Google Doodle celebrated the 187th birth anniversary of Nain Singh Rawat, a 19th century mountaineer and one of the first to explore the Himalayas for the British. Mr. Rawat was born in which of the following Himalayan Villages

Trek to Brahmatal, where Lord Brahma is said to have meditated as per mythology is on the opposite side of this famous trek

Zanskar river on which the famous Chadar trek is done in winters is the tributary of Indus. Do you know where these two rivers join in Ladakh.

The circular trail of Nag Tibba Winter Trek Connects Which of the following two villages

Which of the following cloud formations are seen at the highest altitude?

Kedarkantha, the most famous winter trek in Uttrakhand is located in which Wildlife sanctuary?

Goecha La a high mountain pass in Sikkim is also famous as base camp for Mt. Kanchenjunga. Do you know which face of Mt. Kanchenjunga is visible from this trek.

During trekking, to take a zero is to camp in the same place for a day and achieve no distance in order to rest or to acclimatize or just to spend the day there. But what do we call a day where only a small distance is achieved

Point where the rope is secured to the snow, ice or rock with either fixed bolts, rocks, trees or non-fixed gear to provide protection against a fall

This is the image of a Glove which cover the entire hand or fist but do not have separate finger openings. It is warmer than other styles of gloves made of the same material because fingers maintain their warmth better when they are in contact with each other. What is it called?