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Sach Pass is a mountain pass in
Chamba District
Chamba is the northwestern district of Himachal Pradesh, in India, with its headquarters in Chamba town. The towns of Dalhousie, Khajjhiar and Churah Valley are popular hill stations and vacation spots for the people from the plains of northe ...
,
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
, India on the
Pir Panjal
The Pir Panjal Range (Kashmiri: ) is a group of mountains in the Lesser Himalayan region, running from east-southeast (ESE) to west-northwest (WNW) across the Indian territories of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and then Pakistan's ...
range of the
Himalayas
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.
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Chamba valley Chamba may refer to:
People
*Gilberto Chamba (born 1961), Ecuadorian serial killer
* Jessica Chamba (born 1981), European activist
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*Chamba, a town in the Northern Region
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* Chamba (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Himachal Pradesh
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with the
Pangi valley
Pangi is a tehsil of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India. The Pangi Valley is a beautiful and poorly developed tribal area, as well as one of the most remote areas in Himachal Pradesh state. The Pangi Valley is divided into the Saichu, Hudan Bhator ...
s of
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
, India. There is a
helipad
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While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ...
on the ascent towards Sach pass from
Bairagarh of Himachal Pradesh.
Overview
The pass is open from June or early July
Report of pass opening 11 July in 2012
/ref> to mid October. The road is narrow and unmetalled. It is the gateway to the Pangi Valley. It is the shortest and toughest route from Chamba Chamba may refer to:
People
* Gilberto Chamba (born 1961), Ecuadorian serial killer
* Jessica Chamba (born 1981), European activist
Places Ghana
* Chamba, a town in the Northern Region
India
* Chamba (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Himachal Pradesh ...
to the Killar
Killar or Kilar is a town in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is headquarters of Pangi Tehsil in Chamba district
Chamba is the northwestern district of Himachal Pradesh, in India, with its headquarters in Chamba town. The towns of Dalhousie, ...
(170 km) and was newly constructed. Pangi is also accessible all the year round from Paddar
Paddar, also spelled Padar ( hi, pāḍar), is a Sub-District and remote valley in the Kishtwar district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It falls in the Jammu division. It consists of two tehsils namely Machail and Atholi ...
valley (Jammu & Kashmir) but it is a longer route as one has to take the Chamba to Baderwah or Udhampur road in Jammu &Kashmir.
History
1998 Chamba massacre
The 1998 Chamba massacre was the killing of thirty-five Hindus by Hizbul Mujahideen, in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh in India on 3 August 1998.
The Attacks
The Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists massacred 35 Hindus, mostly labourers, ...
also took place at Satrundi & Kalaban when 35 Hindus and some buddhist, mostly labourers, were shot down by terrorists, and 11 were injured. They were working on the Saach Pass road. There was a lack of security but now whole area is under surveillance and is now getting more popular among trekkers and tourists.
Importance
It is the shortest route to Killar. With the completion of this road (Sach Pass) the distance from Pathankot
Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal cor ...
to Leh via Saach pass has been reduced to 670 km while the distance from Pathankot to Leh via Manali is . So this road can be used by Indian Army.
Distances
Sach pass can be reached from three directions, via Pathankot-Dalhousie road, Manali-Udaipur road, and Udhampur/Anantnag-Kishtwar-Paddar
Paddar, also spelled Padar ( hi, pāḍar), is a Sub-District and remote valley in the Kishtwar district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It falls in the Jammu division. It consists of two tehsils namely Machail and Atholi ...
-Pangi Pangi may refer to:
Geography
;Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Pangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a community in Maniema province
* Pangi Territory, a territory in Maniema province, Democratic Republico of the Congo
;India
* Pangi Valley ...
road. The first is the shortest, more treacherous, and most popular route, given that the other routes are very long in comparison.
The distance of Sach Pass from a few major places on all three routes are below.
Gallery
File:Snow wall on the way to saach pass.jpg, Snow walls on side of road
File:Glaciers at Satrundi.jpg, A glacier at Satrundi
File:Snow at saach pass.jpg, Road clearing machinery at the top of Saach Pass
File:Mata mandir.jpg, A temple at the Saach Pass
File:Snow caped mountains at dalhousie.jpg, View from Saach Pass
See also
*Borasu pass
Borasu Pass or Bara-su (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya Mountains of Uttarakhand in the India. The pass is located on the border of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh near the border with Tibet. It was an ancient trade route betw ...
*Rupin Pass
Rupin Pass is a high altitude pass across the Himalaya mountain range in state of Himachal pradesh India. It lies on a traditional shepherd and hiking route which starts from Dhaula in Uttarakhand and ends in Sangla in Himachal Pradesh. The pat ...
*Takling La (Pass)
Takling La is a parallel trek route through the Parana La (pass), located in the Himalayan Mountains. Parana La is the most famous trek route of Spiti and connects Kaza to Karzok. It has an altitude of 18,290 ft (5575 Meters) and follows t ...
*Pin Parvati Pass
The Pin Parbati Pass (also written Pin Parvati Pass) is a mountain pass in Himachal Pradesh, India, at . It was first crossed in August 1884 by Sir Louis Dane in search of an alternate route to the Spiti valley. This pass connects the fertile an ...
References
External links
Sach Pass Scooter Ride travelogue
Free Souls Rider Sach Pass Ride
Best time to visit Sach Pass
{{Mountain passes of India
Mountain passes of the Himalayas
Mountain passes of Himachal Pradesh
Geography of Chamba district