Zero Point end,Gangtok- Sikkim

Why Should I Land Up
Located at a height of 15,300 feet, there is no reason to visit Yumesamdong than for the sheer gorgeousness of its landscape. It has earned the nickname, Zero Point, since it is here that the road comes to a literal end. The Indo-Chinese border is a stone’s throw away from Yumesamdong and tourists are not allowed to go any further beyond this point.

Unaware of its bounteous natural beauty, most travellers skip a trip to Yumesamdong to avoid the bumpy ride that leads to this point. However, if you happen to be a snow junkie then look no further. Owing to its high altitude, Yumsesamdong is perennially covered in a blanketed of snow.

Zero Point is also very close to Dongkha La, a mountain pass that opens towards Tibet as well the splendid Tso Lhamo Lake.

How To Get There
Yumsesamdong is usually covered as a park of a three-point tour that takes you across North Sikkim to Lachung, Yumthang Valley and Yumesamdong/Zero Point. Only government registered vehicles are allowed in this part of Sikkim. The best way is to halt at Lachung overnight and head to Yumsesamdong early next morning.

When Should I Land Up
Take a taxi to Zero Point early morning from Lachung since visibility is better around this time at such high altitudes. The best time to visit is between April and May when rhododendrons are in full bloom and the entire route that leads to Zero Point looks almost like a painting by Money but in motion. The months of December and January are best avoided since the region experiences heavy snowfall during that time of the year.

Zero-point energy (ZPE) is the lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical system may have. Unlike in classical mechanics, quantum systems constantly fluctuate in their lowest energy state as described by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Therefore, even at absolute zero, atoms and molecules retain some vibrational motion. Apart from atoms and molecules, the empty space of the vacuum also has these properties. According to quantum field theory, the universe can be thought of not as isolated particles but continuous fluctuating fields: matter fields, whose quanta are fermions (i.e., leptons and quarks), and force fields, whose quanta are bosons (e.g., photons and gluons). All these fields have zero-point energy. These fluctuating zero-point fields lead to a kind of reintroduction of an aether in physics since some systems can detect the existence of this energy. However, this aether cannot be thought of as a physical medium if it is to be Lorentz invariant such that there is no contradiction with Einstein’s theory of special relativity.