Difficulty of Sandakphu Phalut Trek. The Sandakphu Phalut trek is a moderate trek on a difficulty scale ranging from easy to difficult. Starting from Srikhola at 6,400 ft you'll climb to Sandakphu at the highest altitude of 11,950 feet. Molley and Phalut also hover around a similar height.

Is Sandakphu Trek risky?

Though some tourists, mostly elderly, fall sick while trekking to the Sandakphu-Phalut route, this is the first death this year. ... In neighbouring Sikkim where there are several famous trekking routes, three tourists from West Bengal died due to high altitude sickness in a span of six days from April 15.

Can Sandakphu trek be done solo?

One major challenge was to reach the base camp since I was travelling solo. ... Also travelling independently gave me a great dealt of freedom for tweaking things here and there. I would strongly encourage to follow the standard HT itinerary of Sandakphu and Phalut trek, if you plan yourself.