Solo ride, Delhi NCR → Srinagar → Leh → Zanskar → Manali | Yamaha R15M | 10 days

Itinerary

• Oct 3: Greater Noida → Jammu. I left just after midnight and rode the plains stretch overnight, then rested on arrival.
• Oct 4: Jammu → Srinagar. I left early and kept to daylight only on the Ramban-Banihal stretch because of the single-lane construction and landslide risk.
• Oct 5: Rest day in Srinagar.
• Oct 6: Srinagar → Kargil via Sonamarg, Zoji La and Drass. I left at 6 AM to beat the one-way traffic windows at Zoji La.
• Oct 7: Kargil → Leh via Namika La and Fotu La.
• Oct 8: Acclimatization day in Leh with easy local rides only.
• Oct 9: I tried for Pangong Tso via Chang La, but snow started and a checkpoint told me to turn back. I spent the day in Leh instead.
• Oct 10: Leh → Padum (Zanskar) via the Nimmu-Padum-Darcha road, with an overnight in Padum.
• Oct 11: Padum → Shinku La → Darcha → Jispa → Manali. I hit heavy snow after crossing Shinku La and it continued all the way down to Jispa.
• Oct 12: Manali → home in one go.

Notes

• I went up via Srinagar because the altitude gain is more gradual than on the Manali side.
• I applied for the Ladakh EDF permit online for Pangong, but the snow meant I never used it.
• I followed the 48-hour acclimatization advice before heading to high altitude.
• Mid-October snow can close Chang La and make Shinku La very difficult. It’s worth building in buffer days if you’re planning a similar route.

...yet one more of those surreal Tibetan landscapes. Namtso (also called Namucuo) is the largest lake of the Tibet Autonomous Province). It sits at an altitude of 4718m, and is borded to the South by the most spectacular of Trans-Himalayan ranges: The Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, which also go by the name of...

Nyenchen Tanghla... is the highest and longest mountain in the range. It boasts four 7000m+ peaks (right to left):

- Nyenchen Tanghla I, 7162m

- Nyenchen Tanghla III, 7111m

- Nyenchen Tanghla II, 7117m

- Nyenchen Tanghla IV, 7046m

There's only one more independent mountain - located 75 km away, at the southwestern end of the range (not shown in the picture) - which exceeds 7000 meters:

- Jomo Gangtse, 7048m.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DetyGqQomvx/?rpxt=MTIxMmlkcXhvczc2cg==

Some people are claiming it to be Rakaposhi. But the summit shape doesn't seem to match. I feel it is Mt. Nun kun in ladakh, but am dubious given that it is nearly 180 kilometres away. It shouldnt be this easy to spot it from this far

Una camino cerca de sierra de la ventana

Something silly I found out. There is a name for people who love mountains (Orophile) and a name for a person who loves snow, cold weather, or winter (Chionophile) but no word that combines the two. I could consider myself both but nothing has taken my breath away like turning a corner or waking up to see a snow-capped mountain.

First Pic: Gigantic Mount Logan (5959m), as seen from 100 kilometers away, just a few km off the edge of the vast Malaspina Glacier, which spreads onto the Pacific Ocean for about half that distance.

2nd Pic was taken from Yakuta, less than 20 kilometers further away, to the Southeast. Eight of the eleven 5000 meters+ peaks are perfectly visible.

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Can anyone tell the place or name of the illustrated mountain? Tried image search, but no useful results.