The New York Times has a story about an adventure that has captured our imagination: The Chadar Trek on the frozen Zanskar River of Ladakh.

Yes, the frozen Kanskar River. In winter, when roads are covered in snow, the people of Zanskar, a high valley in India’s Ladakh region, can only come and go by walking an ice highway through a rocky canyon. They call this the “chadar” or “white blanket” trek. For them, it’s a necessity; for adventure-minded folks like us, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime dream destination.

In fact, Embark plans to begin offering this trek in January 2013. Stay tuned!