Deo Tibba is a mountain located in
Kullu
Kullu () is a municipal council town that serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about north of the airport ...
District,
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...
,
India
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at a height of 6001 metres. It is situated in the
Pir Panjal Range
The Pir Panjal Range ( ; ) is a range of mountains in the Lower Himalayan region located in the Western Himalayas of northern Indian subcontinent. It runs southeast to northwest between the Beas and Neelam/Kishanganga rivers, in the Indi ...
of mountains. It lies to the southwest of
Manali above Jagatsukh village. The first reconnaissance of Deo Tibba was made by General Bruce's guide, Furrer, who reported that one of its ridges looked climbable from the
Hamta ''nala''. The first acsent was made via the NW Ridge from the Duhangan col between Deo Tibba and Indrasan, in 1952 by
Dr. J. de V. Graaff with his wife Clare (the daughter of
Sir George Paget Thomson) and Pasang Dawa Lama.
The route to the summit of this peak has a challenging terrain- a climber has to cross over steep ice passes, glaciers with crevasses, rock fall area and moraine. The peak is exceptional in a way that the summit is not a pointed ridge but a snow dome just like an ice cap, with a flat summit plateau. It requires a load ferry, crossing technical terrain difficulties, using fixed ropes, crampons, ice axe etc. It is sometimes misunderstood as a beginner's peak for aspiring mountaineers as it relatively low when compared to
Stok Kangri, but is less often climbed. Local and international teams attempt this peak often alongside Mt. Indrasan (6221 m), the two being connected via the high Duhangan Col. by
As per local beliefs, Deo Tibba is the assembly site of the gods. According to the Hindu mythology, the dome shaped peak of ''Deo Tibba'' is where the gods sit. Hence the name ''Deo'' meaning ‘Gods’ and ''Tibba'' meaning ‘hill'.
References
Kullu district
Mountains of Himachal Pradesh
Six-thousanders of the Himalayas
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