Debsa Pass

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Debsa Pass lies in the Himalaya mountains at an elevation of 5340 metres (17520 feet) between the Kullu District and Spiti District Himachal Pradesh, India. Discovered in 1993 and crossed in 1995 for the first time by a small team led by Joydeep Sircar, this pass crosses from the Upper Parbati valley to the till-then unexplored Debsa Glacier whose outflow stream falls into the Parahio which in turn flows into the Spiti River. It provides an alternative and shorter route than the traditional Pin-Parbati pass route between Kullu and Spiti and has thus become popular.

The reverse crossing of the pass from Spiti to Kullu (East to West) was attempted circa 1997 by a team from Calcutta,reputedly successfully.

An Irish team led by Paddy O'Leary attempting Kangla Tarbo I in 2001 claimed in their expedition report to be the first to 'explore' the 'Western' (alternatively 'Southern') branch of the Debsa glacier, and the first to make the East-West crossing of the Debsa Pass. The first claim is spurious, and the second one may also be wrong.

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