Our ride to serenity, Sach Pass - 2017

skysat2005 · Jun 28, 2017

Alpha said:
wonderful start Satish..looking forward to it

Thanks Alok bhai! Long time no see, hope all is well?

SURESH GOEL said:
Nice pics. Good to hear again about Sach Pass from you.
It will help lot in our incoming trip on 1st July.

Thanks Suresh!
Sure, let me know for any help.

adsatinder said:
Great Repeatation !
Great Start !

Thank you sirjee!

SHEKHAR 257 said:
Awesome teasers. So this was a very fast paced trip.

Thanks Shekhar! Yes, this was indeed a very fast paced trip. Reasons will be out in next updates.

pushpinder said:
Just last month, on the 15th of May, we were in Dalhousie and did think of going to Bairagarh. Given that the pass was then closed, we would not have been able to scale it.
We chose, instead, to go over the Padri Galli into J&K.
Sach bolun toh, Sach has been on my radar for long.
Maybe next year!
I'll be watching this log very closely.

Sure Doc Push, I'll be putting up as much details as possible. After seeing your Padri Gulli venture, feeling like I should have opted that instead of repeating Saach pass. But then there's always a next time.

citymonk said:
Waiting for updates

Sure sir, update coming next.

rameshtahlan said:
super

happy landings
RT

Thanks RT Sir.

Sanswam said:
Oh Oh.... This is crazyyyyyy Where do you find the zeal to do this repeatedly.... Awesome Bro!

Thanks Santosh! With limited time in hand, no other plan was workable, hence we were left with this only.

vikas_unzip said:
Shaandaar Jabardast Zindabad....

Thanks Vikas bhai!

skysat2005 · Jun 28, 2017

Our ride to serenity, Sach Pass - 2017

Our Initial Plan was -
Day 1 : Delhi to Bairagarh
Day 2 : Bairagarh to Killar
Day 3 : Killar to Cliffhanger route and back to Killar
Day 4 : Killar to Koksar
Day 5 : Koksar to Chandratal
Day 6 : Chandratal to Delhi

As the saying goes, "Man proposes and god disposes", I killed the cliffhanger plan owing to the badly tired body after Bairagarh to Killar and Chandratal plan got killed by Santosh owing to sudden change of situation at his home.

Eventually we ended up doing below -
Day 1 : Delhi to Tissa
Day 2 : Tissa to Killar
Day 3 : Killar to Manali
Day 4 : Manali to Delhi

skysat2005 · Jun 28, 2017

Day 1 : Delhi to Bairagarh, could not gather courage to move beyond Tissa.
Start time : 0515 Hrs, delayed by more than an hour due to Delhi rains.
Route : Delhi - Ambala - Banur - Ropar - Hoshiarpur - Tanda - Pathankot
Having a delayed start, this day was nothing short of some marathon with very minimal breaks and consistent speed of 80-85kmph throughout till Pathankot.
We reached Pathankot around 1530 hrs and skipping lunch, headed towards Bairagarh via Banikhet and Chamera Dam.

From Chamera, we were to go to Koti but missed the directions and kept on riding to Sundla and further to Salooni.

While we were figuring out how long U turn we need to take, some villagers advised to keep the same route as it joins Tissa further some KMs ahead. This turns out to be a bad decision however we kept riding and came across another NHPC project of Bairakul. Crossing Bairakul was tough due to bad bad stretches and eventually we lost the day light.

Bairagarh was still some 70km away from the point where this alternate road joins into main road coming from Koti.
Finally we landed up at Tissa around 2230 hrs. Riding more than 700kms that day, we were dead tired and got ourselves into a small roadside hotel.

Pic 1 : Near Shambu toll

Pic 2 : Chamera

Pic 3 : Chamera

Pic 4 : Chamera

Pic 5 : Chamera

Pic 7 : NHPC Dam site

oriole12 · Jun 29, 2017

Very interesting teaser! Makes one want towatch the rest! Go on, give us the whole!

Simran singh thakur · Jun 29, 2017

Is it advisable to visit leh via sach pass in second week of july?

adsatinder · Jun 29, 2017

Great Moves !
Great Non-Stop Ride !
Great Distance Covered !

adsatinder · Jun 29, 2017

Simran singh thakur said:
Is it advisable to visit leh via sach pass in second week of july?

Sach Pass is a tricky pass as it opens & closes at any point of time due to uncertain weather and pointed stones.
Better go prepared for tough ride.
If you live in North, better try it some other time.
If closed, don't waste time.
Move ahead with Manali / Srinagar (if situation is ok) route to Leh.

skysat2005 · Jun 30, 2017

Day 2: Tissa to Killar
Date : 18th June 2017
Route : Tissa - Bairagarh - Satrundi - Sach Pass - Bogotu - Chandrabhaga Bridge - Killar
Start Time : 0800 Hrs from Tissa
Sach Pass : at 1230 Hrs
Bogotu Dhaba : 1500 Hrs
Killar : 1840 Hrs