Spiti Travel - Nearest Airport, Station and driving distances

Location

The Spiti Valley is situated in the Trans-Himalayan Range of the Himalayan Mountains on the Tibetan plateau which has almost no rain and is snow-covered for about eight months of the year. The average altitude is over 4500 metres or (12,000feet), with temperatures dropping to minus 350 C in winter and rising to over 300 C in the summer.

How to reach

There are two routes to enter Spiti.

From Manali via Rohtang Pass to Kaza, the hqtr. of Spiti. Manali is connected by Air, Rail and Road. From Manali, there is a regular bus from July to October.

From Shimla via Kinnaur. Shimla is connected by Air, Rail & Road. From here by buses to Kaza from May to October.

Spiti is linked via the Sutlej valley of Kinnaur with mortorable road. Upto Shimla by air, rail or road. By road from Shimla to kaza (The headquarter of Spiti division) the distances is 412 km. This is via Narkanda, Rampur, Jeori, Wangtu, Karcham, Powari, Jangi, Puh. Due to closure to Rohtang Pass the rod to Lahaul Valley remains closed from Nov to May every year and due to closure of Kunzam Pass the road from Lahaul Valley to Spiti i.e. Koksar-Batal-Kaza- remains closed from Novemer to June, however the road to Spiti valley from Kinnaur is almost all-weather road.