The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek is a 70–75 km high-altitude trail in Jammu & Kashmir, India, completed in 7–8 days. Starting at Sonamarg and finishing at Naranag, the Kashmir Great Lakes Trek passes seven glacier-fed alpine lakes at elevations between 3,500 m and 4,250 m. Rated moderate to difficult, it is best attempted between mid-July and mid-September — and is widely regarded as the most scenic trek in all of India.There are treks, and then there are transformations. The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek belongs firmly in the second category. For seven consecutive days you walk through a landscape so extravagant in its beauty — glacial lakes shimmering in emerald and cobalt, meadows blanketed with wildflowers, ridgelines dusted with fresh snow — that you start to question whether any of it is real.