Pin -Parvati Pass, " Connecting Pin valley in Spiti with Parvati Valley in district Kullu ."

 Pin - Parvati Pass :- 

Pin valley is situated in Spiti valley of district Lahaul Spiti and Parvati valley is in the jurisdiction of district Kullu in Himachal Pradesh . 

   Monastery at Kaza in Spiti

A high mountain pass connecting these two valleys is known as Pin- Parvati Pass . 

 Beautiful view of Spiti valley

Pin- Parvati Pass is situated between Parvati valley and Pin Valley at an altitude of 5319 metres above mean sea level .

         View of Kaza town 

The pin -Parvati pass was first crossed over in August 1884 by Sir Louis Dane as an alternate route to Spiti from Kullu . 

Beautiful view of Spiti valley 

Sir Louis Dane was posted in Punjab as an Assistant Commissioner in 1876 and later in 1879 he became private Secretary to Lieutenant  Governor of Punjab . 

        View of Parbati Valley 

In August 1884 he crossed over Pin -Parvati pass .  In 1913 he retired as an  Lieutenant Governor of Punjab . 

     B view of Parvati valley 

Now a days the Pin - Parvati trek is one of the popular trek for trekkers . 

The trek traverses from Barsheni then after 4 hours walk Kheerganga a beautiful place famous for hot water springs . 

 Shiva Temple at Kheerganga 

From Kheerganga the trek traverses towards Tunda Bhuj at an altitude of about 3322 metres above mean sea level then further traverses to Thakur Kuwan  at an altitude of 3779.50 metres above mean sea level . Then trek  goes to Ody Thatch and from ody Thatch to Mantalai which about 4115 metres above mean sea level . From Mantalai to Pin -Parvati pass. 

       View of Parvati valley 

The trek from Pin -Parvati pass  traverses through Bedu Tanch then Tiya and finally reach Mudh village which is ending point of trek  when journey is started from Parvati valley , if trekking is started  from Spiti valley then Mudh village is starting point . Mudh to Kaza is about 11 km , the administrative headquarter of Spiti .