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Debsa Pass

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Leomann's 1:200,000 map of Himachal Pradesh (Third Edition, 2005) shows a dotted track beginning at a point between the Kach (should read Kachh) and Bara Dwari Thach campsites, and crossing the Kullu-Spiti watershed divide into the West Debsa Glacier to follow the West Debsa and Debsa streams to
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valley in Kullu. After an abortive attempt on an impassable col further north in 1992, the pass was located and reached in 1993, but the team refrained from crossing it into Spiti under the mistaken impression that they could be arrested because they did not have Inner Line Permits required for
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and other areas of Himachal which wrecked roads forced them to take the Parbati approach again. This time they crossed the pass on 21 September and completed the route from Manikaran to Kaja.
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Spiti. Two years later, the 1995 team planned to approach from the Spiti side, which involves much less height gain, but tremendous autumn floods in the upper valley of the
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Leomann's Indian Himalaya Maps, Sheet 6, scale 1: 200,000, Himachal Pradesh, Third Edition,2005 by West Col Productions, Goring, Reading RG8 9AA, UK (
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Thidim (should be Thango) in the Parahio Valley. This is a fairly accurate representation of the 1995 route, though the pass is unmarked.
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led the teams that explored the watershed ridge and discovered the pass after approaching through the
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Debsa Pass is located in Himachal Pradesh
India
Coordinates
31°54′15″N 77°48′07″E / 31.90417°N 77.80194°E / 31.90417; 77.80194
mountain pass
Himalaya
Kullu
Spiti
Himachal Pradesh
India
Joydeep Sircar
Parbati River
Beas River
Royal Geographical Society
London
Indian Mountaineering Foundation
New Delhi
Expedition Channel listing
ISBN
0 906227 78 X
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Mountain passes of India
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Kalka–Shimla railway
Kangra Valley Railway
Matheran Hill Railway
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Bhor Ghat

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