Pangong Tso, Leh – Connectivity
The lake is located at about 36 Kms from Tangtse, 55 Kms from Chushul,
147 Kms from Leh, 149 Kms from Leh Airport, 233 Kms from Tso Kar, 252 Kms from Tso
Moriri, 506 Kms from Manali. The lake is situated at about 36 Kms to the south
east of Tangtse on the Leh to Chushul route. Phobrang – Marsimik La – Tsogtsalu
– Hot Springs Road (PMTHR) or Marsimik La Road (MLR) in Changchenmo Range,
via Phobrang & Marsimik La is a motorable, black-topped
road which runs east of Pangong Tso. It also provides access to the Finger
– 4 Road. Finger – 4 Road (F4R), is a black top motorable road till Finger – 4 on
the northern bank of the Pangong Tso. Lukung – Chartse Road (LC Road), 32 km
long road connects the northwest bank of Pangong Tso.
Surtok – Kakstet – Chushul Road (CKC road), a motorable,
black-topped road parallel to the southern bank of Pangong Tso, provides
shortest route
from Surtok, Spangmik, Man, Merak & Kakshet to
Chushul. Pangong Lake shore Road (PL road) is a motorable road along the scenic
southern shore of Pangong Tso from Kakset to Chushul via Lukung and Thakung
(Indian military post). 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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