Rohtang Pass
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 Traffic jam on road to Rohtang Pass |
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| Elevation | 3978 m./13,051 ft. |
| Location |  India |
| Range | Himalaya |
| Traversed by | Leh-Manali Highway |
Rohtang Pass (el. 3978 m./13,051 ft.) is a high mountain pass that connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahul and Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh, India.
The pass is only open from June to September, has a well-deserved reputation for being very dangerous because of unpredictable snowstorms.In fact in the local language ,rohtang literally means the "pile of corpses".
The pass provides a natural cultural divide between the foothills and wet lowlands of northern India and its primarily Hindu culture, with the dry desert uplands north of the first range of the Himalayas and its mainly Buddhist and heavily Tibetan-influenced culture.
There is a small temple at the top of the pass with a spring that is the source of the Beas River.
The road through the Kullu Valley, past Manali and over the Rohtang Pass to Keylong, and Lahul and on to Ladakh, has become very busy during the summer months as a military route, because of the troubles in Kashmir which have meant that the road from Srinagar to Leh is now less used. Traffic jams (as pictured) are common occurrences caused by the inability of military vehicles, trucks, and goods carriers to navigate the tight roads and rough terrain, not to mention, snow and ice.
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| Passes | Rohtang La | Baralacha La | Lachulung La | Tanglang La |
| Valleys | Leh valley | Lahaul and Spiti | Manali valley |
| Towns | Leh | Karu| | Upshi | Sarchu| Zingzingbar | Patseo | Darcha |Keylong | Tandi | Gonda | Sissu | Khoksar | Manali |
| Rivers | Sutlej | Beas | Ravi | Chenab | Indus |
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