Snow-covered Kinnaur and a silent, frozen Kaza
Representative photos of the region.
Spiti in winter is a different country: white slopes, blue skies, ice on the river and almost no other travellers. This trip follows the Kinnaur road, the only way in during the snow season, and gives you three full nights in Kaza to see the valley at its quietest.
How high you sleep and travel through the trip. Gain height gradually and drink plenty of water.
Indicative plan. Road, weather and permit conditions can change the order or timing of days.
Meet the group, settle in and walk the Ridge and Mall Road. Evening briefing on the route, winter road conditions and what to wear.
Drive up through Narkanda and down to the Sutlej at Rampur, then into Kinnaur and the Baspa Valley. A long road day with snow likely above Narkanda.
Visit Chitkul, the last village on the Baspa river, then continue through Karcham and Reckong Peo to Kalpa for the evening light on Kinner Kailash.
Follow the Hindustan-Tibet road past Pooh to Khab, where the Spiti meets the Sutlej, then climb to Nako and its lake, usually frozen over in winter.
Stop at Tabo, one of the oldest monasteries in the Himalaya, and at the cliff-top Dhankar gompa before reaching Kaza, the capital of Spiti.
A slow day around Kaza: Key Monastery on its hill, the high village of Kibber and the frozen river valley. Rest the body at altitude.
If roads are open, drive up to Langza with its Buddha statue and fossil fields, Hikkim for the high-altitude post office and Komic near 15,000 ft. Evening stargazing.
An early start on the Kinnaur road, retracing the route with winter light on the Sutlej gorge.
The final stretch back along the Sutlej and over Narkanda. The trip ends in Shimla in the evening; overnight onward transport can be planned on request.
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