Debsa Pass

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Debsa Pass
Elevation	5340 m./17,520 ft.
Location	India
Range	Himalaya

Debsa Pass (el. 5340 m./17,520 ft.) is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya mountains 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 c. 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.