Away from the uber-romantic lakes, palaces, and markets of Udaipur, the buzzing megalopolis of Mumbai, and the white-sand beaches of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a whole other side to India.

India is full of mountain trails, but not all are crowded tourist hotspots. Here are some lesser-known, secret mountains every trekker should explore for raw beauty and adventure.

The North-Western Monsoon  has withdrawn from the entire Indian Himalayan Mountain Region (IHMR), but not without indelible scars of destruction on the face of snow-clad peaks and beautiful valleys.

The hiker in north-west Qinghai’s Tiger Valley died from hypothermia and altitude sickness. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.