Pin Parvati Pass Trek

A trek that takes us from the Parvati Valley in Kullu to the Pin Valley in Spiti across the 5319 meter high Pin Parvati Pass, from the temperate forests of the former to the barren, cold desert landscapes later.

Temperature

12°C and -4°C

Duration

10 Days

Altitude

5,319 m

Best Time

May – June, Sept – October

Grade

Difficult

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Overview

Well then, how about a tremendous 17,457 ft pass at an altitude of 5,319 meter closer to the sky, nuanced with a shifting panorama of the lush prairies of Parvati Valley at one end of the spectrum and Buddhist hamlets in the wintry dry desert of the Trans-Himalayan region of Spiti on the other end, painting the mural of luscious geography with an assortment of vivid culture, and diverse flora and fauna.

A trek that takes us from the Parvati Valley in Kullu to the Pin Valley in Spiti across the 5319 meter high Pin Parvati Pass, from the temperate forests of the former to the barren, cold desert landscapes later. One needs to be extremely fit and very well prepared for this trek as there is absolutely no habitation along its entire length.

Itenirary

    • Day 1: Drive from Kullu to Barsheni and Trek to Rudranath Camp Site.

      The Day 1 of Pin Parvati Pass trek involves a drive from Kullu to Barsheni Village, followed by a trek to the campsite at Rudranath. For this, you need to reach Kullu a day before and have an overnight rest for this initial leg of your journey. So as the trek begins with a drive from Kullu to Barsheni village, it takes you through some of the magnificent views of the valley.

    • Day 2: Rudranath to Kheerganga

      • Apart from being fairly easy, the day 2 trek brings to you some of the most spectacular feats of nature in the form of hot water springs at Parvati Kund. While the trek takes just 2-3 hours to reach Khirganga, the offerings of nature would require you to have some more time on this trek and admire the spectacle of nature.

  • Day 3: Kheerganga to Tunda Bhuj

the Day 3 of this trek involves five hours of trekking through some of the traditional routes taken by shepherds for grazing their animals. Further, there would be several waterfalls and make-shift bridges along this route to make your journey more absorbing as well as fascinating. With farm animals routinely plying on this route, you would find much of the terrain muddy and hence difficult to tread.

Beginning with a steady climb, the trail goes through a series of up and down climbs. On reaching a stream , you will come across a bridge and get to enter a forest after some thirty minutes.

  • Day 4: Tunda Bhuj to Thakur Kuan

Taking you to an elevation of about 11, 600 ft, day four involves 5-6 hours of thrill-filled trekking. The trail begins with level lands of Tunda Bhuj with the shimmering River Parvati flowing downhill to your left. The first of the two bridges of Day 4 comes shortly after as you trudge for some time. This is a wooden bridge, not quite sturdy, but good enough to take you through to the other side.

The rugged terrain of mountains offers bumpy experience for the trekkers as they march ahead.  Nevertheless, you’ll always have pleasant sight of the gifts of nature as the beautiful wild flowers would enthrall your mind. After crossing the Parvati River via Pulley Bridge, another half an hour of ascent would lead you to flat meadows of Thakur Ganj, your next campsite for the trek.

  • Day 5: Thakur Kuan to Mantalai via Odi Thach

This leg of Pin Parvati trek is perhaps the most challenging one; more so as it takes about 9-10 hours to complete this trek. Starting from Thakur Ganj early in the morning, the rail begins with inclined meadows followed by tracts of sand. Some 45 minutes into the trail and you’ll get to cross the River Parvati through a huge rock.

  • Day 6: Rest day for Acclimatization

Day 6 is the day for some rest and acclimatization along the campside at Lake Mantalai. So ensure that you repose yourself adequately to brace yourself for the future journey. This is more important as the Day 7 trek would take you to a height of about 15,000 ft.

  • Day 7: Mantalai to Parvati Upper Base Camp

    • Day seven is a relatively tough venture and involves some 7 to 8 kms of trekking. So begin with the trek early and at the beginning, it would be level walks as half an hour of trail would introduce you to boulders and moraines. On crossing chilled streams of water, you would find a mountain base from where the journey becomes steeper and snow patches beginning to show up.

  • Day 8: Parvati Base camp to Pin Valley Base camp via Pin Parvati Pass

Day 8 is perhaps the main feature of this trek as it takes you through the Pin Parvati Pass before the day finally ends at Pin Valley base camp. So you’ll be reaching the apex point of this trek, the eponymous pass sitting at about 18,000 ft above the sea level. This 12 km-long ascent takes some 5-6 hours and features bumpy terrain and glacial drifts of rocks and clays.

  • Day 9: Pin Valley Base Camp to Tia(Cheen Patt)

Few minutes into Day 9 trek and you’ll come across the meeting point of the river Pin with a rivulet. From hence, you would be climbing a glacier and come across a nallah as you descend down from the glacier.  It originates from a river which maybe a bit of a challenge to cross and involves climbing another glacier.

  • Day 10: Tia to Mudh Village

Day 10 involves a descending trail where you would come across rugged terrain filled with pebbles and rocks. The sight of wild yaks and bharals grazing the grasslands would be a great delight. Mudh lies at about five minutes from Wichkurung Thatch and the national park here features animals like Tibetan gazelle, Blue Sheep, Ibex, Tibetan Wolf, Snowy hare, etc. The colorful mountain peaks here are basically the reflections of wild flowers. You would find village dwellings at Mudh and Gompa.
 

  • Day 11: Drive to Manali via Kaza enroute Spiti Valley

You may hire a cab that would take you to Manali via Kaza. The drive from Kaza to Manali takes about nine hours as you would find many roadside dhabas for some sumptuous meals. This whole journey is a colorful journey enroute Spiti Valley. The arrival at Manali would marks the end of Pin Parvati Pass Trek and here you may find several places for rest and stay.
 
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