The Kang La was the access route used by people of Lahaul to cross over into Zanskar. It is one of the high passes on the Great Himalayan range where you crossover from Lahaul in Himachal into Zanskar in J&K which is the Trans Himalaya. There is a 34 km long crevassed glacier we trek on to reach this high pass.
Kang la
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| Tea time |
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| Kesar Yon Chap |
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| Sheperd's hut |
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| Miyar Glacier |
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| Padum (J&K) |
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| Crossing chilled water |
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| At Basecamp (Kangla Pass in background) |
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| Nirmal,the Porter |
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| Trekkers |
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The way
An extremely remote and unfrequented trek, this rewards the people who do it with some stunning scenery. Miyar Nala, as it is often known, is an exceptionally long valley, with the Miyar river meeting into the Chandra Bhaga river at Udaipur over 55 kilometers below the Miyar Glacier. Massive grasslands carpeted with wild flowers, Gaddi shepherds with their huge flocks, sparkling streams, pristine glacial lakes, snow mountains all around and a long glacier, are just some from the trek before crossing the Kang La. Once you do we enter another different world- The Kingdom of Zanskar with its arid lands and monasteries built into mountain sides and people so primitive that we feel we have just gone back in time. |
