Tree-line is the highest altitude in which a tree can grow. Beyond the treeline, plants can’t grow because of the environmental condition. This usually due to cold temperature, regular snow.
Once, during an evening walk with my friends, I see some forest officials walking in front of me. When we reached near them, they advised us to leave the area and go back.
The memories of the 2013 Uttarakhand disaster are fresh in minds of everyone. Sings of destruction can be still seen in Kedarnath to date which resulted in the loss of more than 6000 lives.