Explore the unexplored! Experience in map reading and navigation heads out every year to mountains and jungles on wilderness treks, discovering beautiful locations while creating our own path.
Man and mountain have pristine spiritual bond. Himalayas have been work field of Vedic sages. Since mountains are beautiful to look at but difficult to dwell at, thus we have a vision of promoting adventure, sports and creating a general awareness about conservation of nature, among the students of this institute. Trekkers’ Club, JGEC, established in 1983, offers you to take into countryside settings denouncing hypocrisy and shame of moderns and bearing innocence, rusticity and humility of primitives.
In this long journey, the Trekkers’ Club have undertaken many such activities like organising adventure camps, treks, photo exhibitions etc. Pass few days with us without a mobile, internet, cars and know the elemental simplicities of life. We encourage the scientific minds in adventures and aware them about ecological sustainability. While enchanted by the austere beauty of the Mountains cape you will surely fall in love with nature, once in love neither you nor else dare to spoil the nature in your presence. Our trained guides will encourage you to take calculated risk on mountain slopes.
People choose to trek for a lot of reasons and, sometimes, for no reason whatsoever, which in itself makes it more rewarding. Since in future students may not get any more time for leisure or for any proposes it is one of the terrific opportunities to experience something new. But in the end, much like any other form of travel, each trekker – novice or veteran – comes out of the experience a more evolved person. Trekking is all about moving out of your comfort zone, and while doing so, you sometimes brave the harshest and most unexpected of conditions, and yet, you persevere with a smile, then that’s a life lesson even decades of living a routine life can’t teach you, let alone a handful of days. Trekking, if one may say so, is an express life-teacher. Do it once and you will come out a better person … Guaranteed.
"It is not mountain that we conquer but ourselves."
---Edmund Hillary
In February, a trek to Sandakphu-Phalut(12000ft.) via Maneybhanjan, Tonglu, Kalipokhri and Rammam was organized with 17 participants under the secretaryship of Ankit Chakraborty(ECE’17) .
Team Members: Ankit Chakraborty, Tanumay Paul, Chandan Paul, Manas Sardar, Soumyadeep Sarkar, Mahidul Islam, Prodipto Halder, Anirban Samanta, Soujatya Roy, Annweshan Chakraborty, Avijit Mondal, Saikat Biswas, Saptarshi Das, Shouvik Banik, Arunima Bhattacharya, Sourav Kr. Singh and Vikash Kr.Shaw.
In April a team of 11 students summited Goecha-La(16000ft.) via Bakhim, Dzongri, Thansing, Samiti Lake and Kokchurung.
Team Members: Mahidul Haque, Sanjay Jana, Arnob Ghosh, Arnab Sarkar, Debarghya Basu, Rajdeep Sahoo, Souvik Pahari, Subhadeep Das, Ankit Chakraborty and Soujatya Roy.
In April a trek to Sandakphu Peak via Maneybhanjan,Tumling, Kalipokhri, and Bikheybhanjan was organized.
Team Members: Samanway Ghatak, Mahidul Haque, Subarna Mitra, Gouri Khan, Sanjay Jana, Nissan Karmakar, Md. Raihan Sk., Santanu Adhikary, Soumen Dafadar, Rajdeep Sahoo, Souvik Pahari, Sanket Roy, Rehan Sk.
In October again another team trekked to Sandakphu Peak via same route.
Team Members: Kesang Tamang, Passangrita Sherpa, Nagen Ssapkota.
A trek from Hilley to Uttarey via Thulodhap, Kalijhor, Chiwabhanjan and Chittrey was arranged.
Team Members: Sourav Dey, Rohit Modi, Suvinava Basak, Samanway Ghatak, Abhirup Bhattacharya, Jayanta Sen, Ankit Saha, Aneek Sil, Santanu Adhikary, Arijeet Sarkar.
Singalila range expedition was organized.
Team Members: Sourav Dey, Amit Saha, Rupam Dutta, Pratik Mandal, Ramrup Chakraborty, Subhajit Das.
Trek to Goecha-La was performed.
An adventure camp was organized.
In October, a trek to Goecha-La was summitted via Dzongri and Lamuney.
An adventure camp was organized.
In April, a trek to Hilley, and Phalut was arranged.
Expedition to Talung glacier was organized.
Singalila Range expedition.
Assistent Coordinator, Trekkersclub
JGEC
Assistent Coordinator, Trekkersclub
JGEC
Assistent Coordinator, Trekkersclub
JGEC
At present the Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary is spread over a total area of 104 sq kms. It forms a vital corridor in the larger Kanchendzonga Conservation area connecting the Kanchendzonga Biosphere Reserve with the Singalila National Park of West Bengal. The altitudinal range of 2200 m to 4100 m supports a wide variety biodiversity values ranging from the sub-Tropical Forests, Mixed Broadleaf Forests, Conifer Forests and finally Alpine Meadows. There are 30 villages comprising 6500 households with a total population of about 40000 people adjoining this sanctuary, which have been brought under the Eco development network. Hundreds of bird species are found in this sanctuary including three species of spectacular pheasants namely Satyr Tragopan, Impeyan Monal and Kaleej Pheasant. Notable large mammals include Leopard, Leopard-Cat, Yellow-Throated Marten, Palm Civet, Wild Dog, Goral, Barking Deer, Himalayan Black Bear, Wild Boar, Red Panda, Flying Squirrel, Crestless Procupine, Dimalayan Mouse- Hare etc.
Hilley-Varsey-Phalut Trek Itinerary:
Day 1: Siliguri to Hilley (6 hr.).
Day 2: Trek 1 hr for & another 3 hr. trek to Deolingalidhap & stay.
Day 3: Reach Thulodhap.
Day 4: Cross Singalila pass and camp at Thorebhulebhanjan.
Day 5: Trek to Phalut. Night stay at Phalut.
Day 6: Reach Sirikhola from Phalut via Gorkhey. Night stay at Sirikhola.
Day 7: Drive to Rimbik. Then Rimbik to Siliguri.
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