Kalpa /Sangla in November

Hi ,

I am planing to visit Kinnaur in November this year .
Itinerary :

6 th Delhi (Stay in Delhi)

7 th Delhi to Shimla

8 th Shimla to Sarahan (Overnight at Sarahan)

9 th Shimla to Sangla (OverNight at Sangla )

10 Sangla to chitlkul then to Kalpa night stay in kalpa

11 th Kapla stay in kalpa

12 Kapla to Shimla

13 th Shimla sight Seeing

14 th Shimla to Delhi catch flight to Kolkata in evening .

How is the road condition in Kinnaur now . Any idea about how would be the weather like in Kinnaur at this time of the year.

Thanks in advance

Chitkul and Sangla might be closed. Sarahan has received snowfall recently.

Considering the uncertainity in weather, please don't pre-book accommodation in any of these places barring Shimla. You would anyway get ample options during that time. This would make your trip flexible and incase you got stuck you can modify the plan on spot.

I too think Sangla valley would be difficult specially Chitkul, rest all should be possible in Mid November unless nature again gives another surprise.

Don't try to judge road condition there even a week in advance. One bad spell can ruin much of the infrastructure and being a lifeline, people restore them too in equally quick pace. Idea is to enquire about the stretch just before you start that leg. Keep a close watch on weather in IMD.

Cheers!!

Thanks Kshil and Aarosh,

I was just wondering if sense to visit kinnaur if its difficult to make Chitkul and Sangla valley at the time of my planned visit.
The only place which i would be traveling would be Kalpa and Sarahan .

Thanks,
Tdutta

You could replace Chitkul and Sangla with some other place. During the time of your visit the Lavi Fair will be going on in Rampur. You could spend a day there. You can also go to Narkanda.

hello TDC!!

I am also going to these places at the same time. I will reach shimla on 6th Nov, stay there on 7th and start for Kharapathar via Kufri, Fagu from Shimla on 8th. On 9th I will reach Sarahan from Kharapathar via Rohru, Hatkothi....Spending the afternoon and the next morning at Sarahan we will set out for Kalpa on 10th...

I have planned to go to Sangla or if possible to Chitkul from Kalpa on 12th.

I am returning to Delhi on 16th via Kalka Mail.

Now let us pray to GOD to unfold his land with all its glory before us.....

Banjar, Aut, Jalori Pass and Great Himalayan NP could also be explored, these are excellent places to explore and enjoy.

Cheers!

yes, in a recent topic on Jara Parijayi i have read about the Great Himalayan NP.

Give some idea of other places of attraction if for some reason i have to drop Sangla/Chitkul.

I didn't go upto GHNP and it might be closed as well when you would be going, so enquire before hand and for information there are few interesting threads in IM, give a search.

I stayed in Sairopa, (gateway of GHNP) FRH, excellent place to unwind yourself and just sit and relax by side of Tirthan river, you won't repent. See my trip report here for 25th/26th June and contact Forest Officer for reservation, contact given in post, I can say you would thoroughly enjoy

Hi TDC and Himadri Kar,

If possible you both please post your experience when you get back and especially about Sangla/Chitkul as i want to try going there in November end...

thanks and have a great time in hills...

If anyone else has come back recently from kinnaur (Baspa Valley)do post ur experience here please.

Kumar

Hello every body!

I have returned on 20th Nov'2010 after a GREAT tour to Shimla and Kinnaur from 6th Nov'10 to 15th Nov'10. The weather was fabulous. The car was smooth. The roads......hummmmm.....:

The spots......the people.......the food.........I pray to GOD that my next birth (if there is one) be at Kinnaur....

I will be posting my trip report soon....

And for the photographs (more than 10 GB I have shoot) I really don't know how to upload them in India Mike....someone may please provide necessary guidance.

Himadri

Great Himadri, would look for your trip report and snaps ofcourse, it's not required to be uploaded in IM, you can upload any snap sharing site you like and share the link with us. IM is an option as well but may have restriction of number of snaps uploaded in a day. Also to put the snaps inside the post, there are a few tricks in terms of size limit etc. that I am also not aware of. May be someone else would be able to guide you here.

Hello every body!

Hope all of you enjoyed your Christmas Holidays. I am back after a long days gap......

And here is my trip report....

We had the half-yearly tour to North Bengal (Kalimping-Rishop-Lolegaon) during the 1st week of June’2010 with my friend. And for the annual tour initially I have planned a tour to Kashmir. But the condition there deteriorated during August’2010 and I changed my mind. Then I thought of going to Kerala but the call of the mountain ultimately took my mind to Himachal Pradesh.

I quickly booked my train tickets.

The HP Tourism Office at Kolkata is at a stone throw distance from my office. I paid an after lunch visit there to discuss my route, accommodation and returned with a Guide map and brochures on accommodation of Himachal Pradesh. The help desk at HPTDC suggested minor changes of my routes which I accepted and incorporated in my itinerary.

But the high rate of accommodation at HPTDC Hotels depressed me.

The search began in the internet for alternative accommodation. And INDIA MIKE appeared like an angle with all-round solutions, throwing lights even on the never-through-of unforeseen problems that one may face during a tour.

The idea of trying my luck at HP PWD Guest Houses was gathered from IM. I contacted the PWD authorities at different locations over phone and faxed them my prayer for accommodation. I would like to thank all IMers, especially to Kousik Shil for their cooperation.

Ten days were left before my journey when the Media Report on bad weather at Rothang Pass and death of a lady at Kalpa made my parents nervous and no one encouraged me to proceed on the tour. I studied the situation unbiased, discussed the matter on IM, explored the weather forecast reports in numerous websites and made every one believe that weather condition being corrected….the period of unrest being over………and normalcy being restored.

to be continued.....

himadri

Dear Himadri,
I am also planning to visit Kalpa Sangla December this year and a bit confused about weather that time.