The Lamkhaga Pass (5,282 m / 17,320 ft) is one of the toughest pass which connects
Kinnaur
Kinnaur is one of the twelve administrative districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The district is divided into three administrative areas (Kalpa, Nichar (Bhabanagar), and Pooh) and has six tehsils. The administrative he ...
district of Himachal Pradesh with
Harshil
Harsil, the Himalayan paradise, is a village, tourist hill station and army area located on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, on the way to Gangotri, a Hindu pilgrimage site in Uttarkashi district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Situated ...
in Uttarakhand.
Harsil
Harsil, the Himalayan paradise, is a village, tourist hill station and army area located on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, on the way to Gangotri, a Hindu pilgrimage site in Uttarkashi district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Situated ...
-Kharcham Highway will have a Lamkhaga Pass tunnel, and the highway route will also connect to
Char Dham Highway and
Pooh-Chumar-Hanle Highway.
[One step closer]
Daily Pionner, 8 april 2020.
History
This trek is a fairly remote trek, which was first crossed by Greek-British author and mountaineer
Marco Alexander Pallis in 1933. Pallis was a Greek-British author and mountaineer who was famous for his writings on Tibetan Buddhism. He made a first ascent of Leo Pargial(6790m) in 1933.
Trekking
The Lamkhaga Pass trek starts from
Chitkul
Chhitkul is a village in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. During winters, the place mostly remains covered with the snow and the inhabitants move to lower regions of Himachal.
According to a recent study by Centre of Atmospheric Sciences ...
the last Village of Sangla valley in Himachal, though it can be done from Harshil side in Uttarakhand also.
[ This pass is located near Indo - Tibetan border and to cross the pass one needs to obtain inner line permit from the district administration of ]Kinnaur
Kinnaur is one of the twelve administrative districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The district is divided into three administrative areas (Kalpa, Nichar (Bhabanagar), and Pooh) and has six tehsils. The administrative he ...
, Himachal Pradesh
See also
* India-China Border Roads
India-China Border Roads (ICBRs, ICB Roads) is a Government of India project for developing infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border by constructing strategic roads, including bridges and tunnels. The ICBR project is largely in response to C ...
* List of mountain passes of India
This is list of mountain passes of India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the w ...
References
Mountain passes of Himachal Pradesh
Mountain passes of Uttarakhand
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