Ride to Saach Pass ( 14500 Ft ) in the upper Himalayas - the entrance to the Pangi Valley

30th September 2007 to 2nd October 2007

Started off for the famed Saach Pass on 30th ( Dharamshala to Tissa ), 1st was Tissa to Saach Pass which is the entrance to Pangi Valley and then back to Chamba, 2nd was from Chamba back to D'sala via Khajjir and Dalhousie.

My companion and support for this ride was Nilesh Dhruve also on deputation from Jamnagar to Phagwara.

Saach pass is supposedly open for traffic - at least on paper - reality was something diffrent...!!!

On the map of Himachal Tourism and on Lonely Planet road maps - Saach Pass is shown as a Trekking route to Pangi Valley. Pangi has remained isolated to the rest of Himachal as the only way to mainstream Himachal was then through Keylong ( a road which again remains closed for a major part of the year ).

It's at a altitude of 14500 Feet and the last 30 odd kms from Bairagarh is absolutely killing. BUT... What a RIDE :-))

Morning shot on the way to Lahdu from Shahpur P1010016.JPG	We took the road via Jot P1010017.JPG	Chowadi Village from a distance P1010025.JPG	View from top of " Jot " P1010032.JPG
After crossing Chamba P1010033.JPG	Valleys P1010034.JPG	Early morning view from the PWD Guest house at Tissa P1010035.JPG	The views from the GH are fantastic... it's situated on the corner of a valley views of valleys on 3 sides..!!! P1010036.JPG
The PWD GH at Tissa.... it's about 70 kms from Chamba P1010038.JPG	Enroute to Saach Pass P1010039.JPG	P1010040.JPG	P1010042.JPG