When winter sets in, embarking on a Winter Spiti Trip through Kinnaur becomes one of the most remarkable Himalayan road adventures. Operating primarily between November and March, this high-altitude
Some of the most rewarding travel through the Himalayas happens once the crowds thin out and the cold sets in. This journal picks up in Narkanda, at the start
Perched at close to 4,979 metres above the villages of Lippa and Labrang, Temso — also written as Tem Tso — is a glacier-fed lake held sacred across this
An Inner Line Permit, or ILP, is an official travel document that lets Indian citizens enter restricted or protected border regions of the country. Before August 2021, this requirement
A winter Spiti trip runs roughly from December through February, when temperatures fall well below freezing (often -15°C to -25°C at night) and several high-altitude routes are snowbound. Success
The Lamkhaga Pass trek is a high-altitude, technical crossover expedition (5,280 m / 17,320 ft) linking Gangotri Valley in Uttarakhand with Kinnaur Valley in Himachal Pradesh. The route spans
For years, the cover page of the Himachal Pradesh Home Stay Scheme 2008 showed a classic Himachali house perched beside a river — a slate roof built in the
Driving into Kinnaur and Spiti valley in the dead of winter sounds strange to most people – until you understand who it’s really for. For solitude-seekers, wildlife photographers, and
The Kinnaur Kailash Parikrama (Charang La) Trek is a sacred 6-day Himalayan circuit in Himachal Pradesh that circumambulates the holy Kinnaur Kailash peak (6,050m). Traversing an apex altitude of
The latest Snow Leopard Population Assessment of India (SPAI) work in Himachal Pradesh offers an encouraging picture of one of the Himalayas’ most elusive predators. The second state-wide assessment
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