[sans4ver]

hey guys,which route should i choose for pangong tso to tso moriri

Spangmik – Lukhung – Tangtse – Durbuk – Chang La – Karu – Upshi – Chumthang – Mahe Bridge - Karzok

OR

Spangmik – Man Village – Marek – Chusul – Tara – Loma – Muth – Nyoma – Mahe Bridge - Karzok

another route i can see in the map is tangtse - chushul - Tara – Loma – Muth – Nyoma – Mahe Bridge - Karzok

i have excluded the option of route via hanle.

can somebody tell me
approx distance between places(from spangmik to tso moriri via chushul)

what are the stay options, number of days required?

[hitanshu]

http://www.cougar-rides.com/Ladakh06/index.htm

The next day we started out from Spangmik aiming to reach Rhongo by nightfall, where we were told we would find accomodation. We were also told that the track was poor upto Chushul, but after that there were proper roads all the way to Rhongo. Poor, would be an understatement when describing the road from Spangmik to Chushul. Allegedly a 7.5 tonne road, it was more a dirt track, lined with rocks, at other places with sand, and at other places QUICKSAND! Thats right quicksand that just sucked you in! And to make matters worse: water crossings because of streams that bought snow-melt from the mountains lining the side of the lake into the lake itself. Rahuls bike got bogged down in quicksand in one such crossing and when I went to recce the place for a possible way out, my leg got sucked into the sand at one point!

http://raahitrails.fotopic.net/c1535200_49.html - contact Jay.

Everyone goes via Karu.

[anupmathur]

One of the possible hazards that scares the living daylights out of me is quicksand!
I wonder if there are others like me!??

[rupinder]

i am 100% with tau go via karu and the road from karu to mahe is in very good condition very enjoyable ride later on near 6km from the lake it deteriorates with no of offroad short cuts which u can make.road from thadsang karu to tsomoriri is pretty bad till karzok.

[sans4ver]

thanks tau and doc.
@doc- hows the road condition of tso moriri-tso kar-debring?

Is the following plan possible?
day1 spangmik/tangtse-karu-karzok(~300kms)
day2 karzok-tsokar-debring-pang(~distance?)

[rupinder]

the road from tsomoriri to tsokar to debring is in poor condition. after reaching tsokar we were looking for the track to the manali leh highway but there were no of tracks all offroad .there was no road is the purest sense .we asked a couple of locals we saw there.later on we saw in the distance cars going so went toward that way and finally saw that road.
spangmik to karzok is stretching a bit but from tanstse possible .the day 2 is doable easily fi dont have a puncture or something like that and if u paln to do this route keep extra fuel

[sans4ver]

what are the stay options, from karzok to pang?

[rupinder]

plenty of options
at karzok tents and resort.not tried but maybe stay at sumdo puga
at tsokar tents
tents at zimzimbar, pang,sarchu