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The overall distance is approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) – an average trekker walks 16 kilometres (10 mi) per day. [ 3 ] The best time to do the Chadar trek is January to February, [ 4 ] when the temperature during the winters drops sometimes to -30 to -35 degrees.
The 175 km long road from Pang to Leh via Morey plains and Taglang La, is in excellent condition and generally takes less than 5 hours to cover. Visiting some locations beyond Leh requires special permission, which can be obtained at Leh. Upshi: Ladakh: 61 km (38 mi) The highway crosses the Indus river to reach Upshi village on the north. Karu ...
The Ladakh Range is a mountain range in central Ladakh in India with its northern tip extending into Baltistan in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Shyok river valleys, stretching to 230 miles (370 km). [1] Leh, the capital city of Ladakh, is on the foot of Ladakh Range in the Indus river valley.
Thoise or Thoise Air Force Station is a military airfield [3] (ICAO: VI57) [4] and small village in Nubra region of Ladakh, India, occupying the only large piece of flat land in the area. The airstrip is a critical facility enabling a quick inflow of men and material from the Indian interior to Siachen , a glacier, helipad and battleground near ...
Setting up a 'Project Beacon' in Leh, the BRO completed the road by August 1962, and also extended it to Chushul by September 1962, just a few weeks before hostilities were initiated by China. [ 5 ] In addition to the Zoji La pass, the highway also had to cross the Ladakh Range between Kargil and Leh, via the Fotu La pass—4,108 metres (13,478 ...
Khardung La (Tibetan: མཁར་གདོང་ལ་, Wylie: mkhar gdong la, THL: khar dong la) or Khardung Pass is a mountain pass in the Leh district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The pass is on the Ladakh Range, north of Leh, and connects the Indus river valley and the Shyok river valley.
The Bhanupli–Leh line is an under-construction electrified railway track connecting Bhanupli, Punjab, [2] to Leh, Ladakh. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Once complete, the 489 km (304 mi) long, 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) wide gauge all-weather track is stipulated to reduce travel time from New Delhi to Leh to 10 hours.
Ladakh landscape Leh Palace, Leh, Ladakh. Tourism is one of the economic contributors to the union territory of Ladakh in Northern India.This union territory is located between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south, and is situated at a height of 11,400 ft. Ladakh is composed of Leh and Kargil districts.