Bhaba Pass | |
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Elevation | 4,890 m (16,043 ft) |
Location | Himachal Pradesh, India |
Range | Himalayas |
Coordinates | 31°47′13″N 77°59′46″E / 31.787°N 77.996°E |
Bhaba Pass, also known as Bhawa Pass, is a high mountain pass (elevation 4,890 metres (16,040 ft)) situated in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in the Indian Himalayas. [1] It is located on the border of Kinnaur district and Lahaul and Spiti District, and borders Pin Valley National Park and the Rupi-Bhaba Wildlife Sanctuary.
Bhaba Pass connects the green and fertile Bhaba valley on the Kinnaur side with the barren high-elevation Pin valley on the Spiti side.
National Highway 22 runs alongside River Sutlej until Wangtu gives way to a narrow road leading to Katgaon and Kafnu. Katgaon and Kafnu are the base for one of the most beautiful trek routes in Himachal, the Bhaba trek. A moderate climb towards a glacial fed stream Bhaba river, to Bhabha Pass at 4,890 metres (16,040 ft) elevation to enter Pin Valley in Spiti is a challenging adventure. The first village in Spiti is Mud. [2] Another trek in the west from the Bhaba Pass gets into Parvati Valley of Kullu.
Bhaba Pass | |
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Elevation | 4,890 m (16,043 ft) |
Location | Himachal Pradesh, India |
Range | Himalayas |
Coordinates | 31°47′13″N 77°59′46″E / 31.787°N 77.996°E |
Bhaba Pass, also known as Bhawa Pass, is a high mountain pass (elevation 4,890 metres (16,040 ft)) situated in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in the Indian Himalayas. [1] It is located on the border of Kinnaur district and Lahaul and Spiti District, and borders Pin Valley National Park and the Rupi-Bhaba Wildlife Sanctuary.
Bhaba Pass connects the green and fertile Bhaba valley on the Kinnaur side with the barren high-elevation Pin valley on the Spiti side.
National Highway 22 runs alongside River Sutlej until Wangtu gives way to a narrow road leading to Katgaon and Kafnu. Katgaon and Kafnu are the base for one of the most beautiful trek routes in Himachal, the Bhaba trek. A moderate climb towards a glacial fed stream Bhaba river, to Bhabha Pass at 4,890 metres (16,040 ft) elevation to enter Pin Valley in Spiti is a challenging adventure. The first village in Spiti is Mud. [2] Another trek in the west from the Bhaba Pass gets into Parvati Valley of Kullu.