January and February is ski 🎿 season in Narkanda. You come to Narkanda town, and 500 meters from it is the ski place. Snow is two to three feet, but they pile up snow at places for skiing.
For hotels, it is an off season 😲. Rates are lower than they are now, which is peak season. The cost of skiing and equipment rental for half a day is ₹1,000. The national highway is pretty clean and snow is removed from it regularly, so it's easy to drive up.
Why do I not know of this? Who wants to come ski this winter? Decathlon was even selling skis when we visited them a week ago. But why buy when we can rent?
Gentle reminder to please follow @caravahan on Instagram. A lot of the posts from there aren't getting synced to Facebook, so if you're only following us here, you're getting only half the story.
The #tarp is laid out. The instant #tent is popped up. The foam #mattresses have been laid out in the tent. And the sleeping #bags have been thrown in. We move fast inspite of the trechorous path to the site. @ Narkanda, Shimla, Himachal
Oh what a beautiful, lovely coincidence. Something that can only happen on the open road. We ran into this family of #Happy #Campers, which is what they literally call themselves. They've built a full #RV on an Isuzu D-Max V Cross. Deepankar showed us around their lovely little home which has all the facilities ones needs, including very powerful air conditioning.
Oh, the stories we have to share. Will be planning a trip together shortly. @ Rampur Bushahr, Himachal Pradesh, India
Sometimes you see a burst of green between the unrelenting rock and snow. And you know a river flows nearby. And a farmer toils hard to protect his field.
If you're short on time and want to experience the essential #Spiti Valley, just drive from Shimla till #Tabo and return. The road is mostly awesome. There is no need for you to go to Sangla, Chitkul, Nako, Pin, etc. After the awe of the Nako to Tabo section, everything else is a variation of the same theme.
We had to turn back from Kaza because the Manali route wasn't open. Therefore we also missed Ky and Kunzum Top.
You would have seen images of villages and monasteries perched precariously at the edge of mountains. Usually people post about Tiger's Nest in Bhutan. Come to #Spiti and you will see this everywhere. Not every village looks down a mountainside. Some look into a green field, if there is a river flowing nearby to feed the field.
All kinds of rock reliefs. We captured maybe ten types. The area easily has over a hundred. This place is a geologist's dry dream. @ Tabo, Himachal Pradesh
I have nothing to say about these structures. Don't ask me what these are. Ask me what they do to you. Once you've seen them, you are in profound awe of what wind, water and time can do. @ Nako, India
