In our previous post, we talked about the Protected Monuments and Forts of Himachal Pradesh. Today we discuss in brief about the various mountain passes of Himachal Pradesh. The famous mountaineer, Harish Kapadia has aptly mentioned Himachal as the Land of Mountains and Passes. There are as many as 70 mountain passes in Himachal Pradesh, some of them have been rendered useless by the abruptly changing climatic conditions of the state.
The most popular mountain range of Himachal Pradesh, the Dhauladhars has as the maximum number of mountain passes that serve as a passage between Kangra and Chamba regions. The Dhauladhars rise somewhere close to the famous town of Dalhousie and travel as far as the Kullu -Lahaul Himalayas near the mighty Hanuman Tibba.
Even the Mandi and Kinnaur region has a good number of passes connecting them to Kangra and Spiti respectively.
Among these passes, some of the famous names are Indrahar Pass, Bohar Pass, Minkiani Pass, Kunzum Pass, Sach Pass, Hamchi Jot (Kullu) and Rohtang Pass.
Kindly point out mistakes, if any in the comment section.
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(Updated on 06.11.2016)
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Baralacha pass – lahaul – leh of ladakh in zanskar range.
Hi Team,
First of all thanks for the information. You invested your time in studying & articulating such geographical information. This will help us in planning treks and expeditions in these ranges, which will help HP adventure tourism to grow even larger.
One jot I did not find in the list is Kalihani Jot/Pass (Kullu-Bara Bhangal). I request you to add the same to the list.
Also if you provide further information about the passes in extra columns like starting and ending points (villages, nearest town/city) along with map integration that will be very helpful. I will be highly obliged.
In some cases, I could also help (informationally/technically) you, in case you require any assistance.
Regards,
Soumitra Ghosh
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