Chumathang Gompa, Leh – Connectivity
The gompa is located at about 43 Kms from Nyoma, 69 Kms from Tso Kar, 83
Kms from Tso Moriri, 95 Kms from Chushul, 138 Kms from Leh, 140 Kms from Leh
Airport, 286 Kms from Pangong Tso, 385 Kms from Manali. The gompa is situated
on the Leh to Nyoma route. Leh is the nearest town situated close to this lake.
Leh is located at about 215 Kms from Kargil, 419 Kms from Kashmir, 426 Kms from
Manali and 661 Kms from Jammu. Leh Airport has flights to and
from Delhi, Jammu, Srinagar, and Chandigarh. Air
India, SpiceJet, IndiGo & Vistara operate Delhi to Leh daily
with multiple flights at peak times. There are no railway stations at Leh
currently.
Leh is connected to the rest of India by two high-altitude roads, both
of which are subject to landslides and impassable in winter due to snows.
The National Highway 1 from Srinagar via Kargil is
generally open longer. National Highway 1 typically remains open for traffic
from April / May to October / November. The most dramatic part of this journey
is the ascent up the 3,505-metre-high (11,499 ft) Zoji-la, a tortuous
pass in the Great Himalayan Wall. The Jammu and Kashmir State Road
Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) operates regular deluxe and ordinary bus
services between Srinagar and Leh on this route, with an overnight halt at
Kargil. Taxis (cars and jeeps) are also available at Srinagar for the journey.
The Leh-Manali Highway (National Highway 3) can be troublesome
due to very high passes and plateaus. This highway has served as the second
land approach to Ladakh. It is open from June to late October, this high road
traverses the upland desert plateaux of Rupsho, whose altitude ranges from
3,660 m (12,010 ft) to 4,570 m (14,990 ft). There are a
number of high passes en route among which the highest one, known
as Tanglang La, is sometimes incorrectly claimed to be the world's
second-highest motorable pass at an altitude of 5,325 metres (17,470 ft).
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