The glacier is about 9 kilometers long [1] and gives rise to the Pindar River which meets the Alakananda at Karnaprayag in the Garhwal district.

The Pindari Glacier trail provides for a 90 km (56 mi) round-trip trek that most people find comfortable to complete in 6 days.

The Pindari Glacier is also famous for other adventure sports like Ice climbing and Mountain biking.

As a result of the separation, the glacier lost several thousand cubic meters of ice.

Recent studies have shown that the glacier has retreated an additional 1,569.01 meters between 1976 and 2014, possibly because of climate change.