Sar Pass Top as seen from Sar Pass I IMG 7176

The Sar Pass is in

Parvati Valley Parvati Valley is situated in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. From the confluence of the Parvati River with the River Beas, the Parvati Valley runs eastwards, through a steep-sided valley from the town of Bhuntar, in the Kullu dis ...

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 at Bh ...

district of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peak ...

, a state of

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. Sar, in the local dialect, means a lake. While trekking across the path from Tila Lotni to Biskeri Ridge, one has to pass by a small, usually frozen lake (Sar) and hence the name Sar Pass Trek. On way to Sar Pass- colours of the morning I IMG 7133

On way to Sar Pass- colours of the morning I IMG 7133

How To Reach

Air

The nearest airport

Bhuntar Airport Bhuntar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kullu district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is just 11 km from Kullu town, and lies along National Highway 3. The Kullu Airport is located in Bhuntar. Bhuntar is located on the right b ...

(IATA code KUU) is at Bhuntar town, situated on NH21 about south of Rumsu and south of Kullu town. The airport is also known as Kullu-Manali airport and has more than a kilometre long runway.

Air India Air India is the flag carrier airline of India, headquartered at New Delhi. It is owned by Talace Private Limited, a Special-Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of Tata Sons, after Air India Limited's former owner, the Government of India, completed ...

and some private airlines have regular flights to the airport. Recently Himalayan Bulls in collaboration with Deccan Charters have started flights on Kullu-Chandigarh-Kullu sector three times a day. Daily flight service (except Tuesday) has been started by 15 May 2013 at Bhunter airport by Air India from Delhi to Bhuntar and vice versa.

Chandigarh Airport Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport is a civil enclave customs airport serving the city of Chandigarh. The airport is located in the village of Jhiurheri, Mohali, Punjab. The airport caters to six domestic airlines and connects Chandig ...

is the nearest international airport.

Road

Kasol is 30 km from Bhunter, and Bhunter can be reached from Delhi by national highway NH 1 up to

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-area ...

and from there

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Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which ...

and from there by national highway NH21 that passes through Bilaspur,

Sundernagar Sundar Nagar (also spelled as Sundernagar) is a town and a municipal council in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly it was a princely state, known as Suket. History Sunder Nagar was formerly the seat of princel ...

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and

towns. The road distance from Chandigarh to Manali is , and the total distance from Delhi to Manali is . Buses (including Volvo and Mercedes Benz) on this route are available from all major bus terminals.

Rail

Kasol is not easily approachable by rail. The nearest

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

railheads are at

(),

Pathankot Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipa ...

() and

Kalka Kalka is a town in the Panchkula district of Haryana, India. It is near Panchkula city. The name of the town is derived from the Hindu goddess Kali. It is situated in the foothills of the Himalayas and is a gateway to the neighbouring state ...

(). The nearest

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller struc ...

railhead is at

Joginder Nagar Jogindernagar, or Jogindar Nagar (Hindi: जोगिंदर नगर) (), is a municipality, and a sub district in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Named after Raja Joginder Sen, the hill station is the terminus of th ...

(). See

Bhanupli–Leh line Bhanupli–Leh line is an under-construction high-elevation all-weather broad gauge railway track connecting Bhanupli in Punjab to Leh in Ladakh union territory of India. The 465-km-long line, at a height of 5360m above mean sea level, with 10 ...

for the proposed railway line through this area.

Gallery

camp-kasol.jpg, Kasol-Base Camp camp-grahan.jpg, Grahan-Camp 2 camp-padri.jpg, Padri-Camp 3 camp-minh-thatch.jpg, Minh Thatch-Camp 4 camp-nagaru.jpg, Nagaru-Camp 5 camp-biskeri.jpg, Biskeri-Camp 6 camp-bandak-thatch.jpg, Bhandak Thatch-Camp 7 File:On the descent from Sar Pass top to Biskeri Thach.jpg, The descent from Sar Pass to Biskeri Thach File:Biskeri Thach Camp.jpg, Camp at Biskeri Thach

View from Nagaru Camp (12,500ft)

External links

Base Camp at Kasol To Grahan Trek

Birds of Sar Pass Trek & Saurkundi Pass Trek

Butterflies of Sar Pass Trek & Saurkundi Pass Trek

Landscapes of Sar Pass Trek

References

{{reflist Kullu Hiking trails in Himachal Pradesh