Shimla- Kinnaur-Spiti-Manali trip during october 2010

Dear All

Me and my wife are planning for a trip to Shimla- Kinnaur-Spiti-Manali during october 2010.We will be glad if any member from this forum accompany us so that we all can have a nice trip.We will be starting from Kolkata.If anyone from Kolkata is planning to trip Shimla -manali-kinnaur-spiti this year may contact me tobubun@rediffmail.com
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Regards
Arnab ghosh

hello anybody interested.

plz respond anyone


arnab

I am unsure if it is possible to do this trip in October. There is every chance that both Kunzum la and Rohtang Pass get closed by then. Even if they are not closed, you could run into rough weather. In which case you may have to retrace your path back from Kaza to Shimla (which is not a bad idea in itself).

Hi! In normal circumstances the road from Kaza to Manali is very much open in October,and well into november.Of course it can get closed anytime.

Yes high mountain pass are terribly unpredictable.

I do agree clubbing both Kinnaur and Spiti needs little luck. July to Sep is monsoon in Kinnaur where as same is supposedly best time in Spiti/lahaul. July to Sep is officially the most suitable time to cross these trans-himalayan high pass. But again one western disturbance could create havoc.

This is July 2007Old post of Voyager only)

Kunzum-La open in Late May?

This is Sept 2008 (19/20th Sep)

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080921/himachal.htm

This is Sep 2009 (10/11 Sep)

http://www.himadventures.net/outdoor_forums/node/358

All there were well within official time of visiting Kunzum La. But nothing Official about Mighty Himalaya

Only safer bet to me is keeping extra days in schedule and not to make this kind of trip in a very tight schedule so that you can give your best to accomodate mother nature.

I´d agree with the above : last year on October 14th BRO said that Manali-Leh travellers would be on their own from October 31st - and the road was officially closed a couple of days later. This doesn´t pinpoint the Rothang , but Rothang normally receives more snow.

The year before that the Manali-Kaza road was very much out by the end of September , before opening again :



I´ve crossed the Rothang a number of times in late September and October without major problems , but I wouldn´t take it for granted.

Hi! Drivers don't care in the least about BRO,they drive until it's possible,that means normally well into november.

...drivers will start in any weather , that´s how the the people on the bus ended up spending several days in Batal. All who is comfortable with that possibility , go ahead ( but gear up , subzero nights can be taxing even in a good shelter ).

Most but not all days , sometimes in to December : in ´08 buses were running up to Keylong until December 11th. On the other hand Rothang was out around ten days total only in September last year, first around September 3rd , then around the 10th.

No in any weather they don't start, be sure of that. It happens that they leave in good weather and land in a storm and get stuck.This happened many times,at any time of the season.And even when the BRO has not officially closed the road you are stuck for days on end,rest assured,same where the clearing is left to the PWD.On these roads one ALWAYS takes his chances,as you should know.

leh.nic.in is often is extremely late in changing the road status, which has been brought up countless times in my blog and these threads - that would be the point in bringing in the other sources. None of the road closures in last September were shown on leh.nic.in, likewise not when people were evaced with helicopters from Sarchu in September 08 , or when they were waiting to bring down the dead road workers from the Rothang in November last year.

There is a roadmarker for Manali-Kaza and Manali-Keylong on hplahaulspiti.nic.in as well , works equally poor.Once these have changed ( October 19th last year )something real has happened : even when the roads open again chances will be less in your favor. The bottom line : a level of uncertainty remains , anytime : I never expect to know a exact date of arrival on these roads.

Drivers don't even know that these sites exists,and rightly so since they are useless.So what have the various nics got to do with the topic? Can one surely check them when in a place like Spiti? No,so trust your driver and hope the weather gods will be benevolent to you.

anyone interested to travel with us( we are a couple)traveeling in the first week of october 2010

I am Hemant Pawar (Age 47) (Assistant Engineer) and my friend Dilip Bhomkar (Age 49) (Clark) we have planned Shimla- Kinnaur-Spiti-Manali trip by the first week of Aug. 2010.

We are from Mumbai. We are leaving Mumbai on 30 July night by Golden Temple Express, and reaching Shimla on 1st Aug at around 9-00 to 10-00 am.

If you wish to join us, please revert.

Regards,

Hemant Pawar
Powai, Mumbai.
8097767721
hemant.bombay@gmail.com

Hi Arnab

Have you been able to finalise the itinerary. I am planning to go to the same place same time.

Best regards

Shveta

hi shewta


My probable itinery is as follows

3rd October 2010---- reach shimla by shivalik
4th October 2010 ---- start for Sarahan(Via narkanda) and night stay at Sarahan
5th October 2010 ---- sarahan to Chitkul via Sangla and night stay at Chitkul
6th October 2010 ---- Chitkul to Kalpa via recong peo and night stay at Kalpa
7th October 2010 ---- Whole day sightseeing at Kalpa and night stay at Kalpa
8th October 2010 ---- Kalpa to Tabo via Nako , and night stay at Tabo
9th October 2010 ---- Tabo to Kaza via Dhankar monastery and night stay at Kaza
10th October 2010 --- Kaza whole day ( langic,comic.kye kibber) and night stay at Kaza
11th October 2010 --- Kaza to Keylong and night stay at Keylong
12th October 2010 --- Keylong to Udaipur ,triloknath, night stay at Khoksar/sissu
13th October 2010 --- Keylong to Manali , and night stay at Manali
14th October 2010 --- Manali stay
15th October 2010 --- leave for delhi/kalka in the afternoon ,
16th October 2010 --- catch train from Delhi to Kolkata

if you are interested we can join.

regards

arnab