Solang Camp
Camping
Day 1
Thrill season• Himalayan passes, snow treks and open water Find your next one
Six days on skins, with avalanche kit and drill included. Four days on the Solang and Hamta sides only, for skiers who have never used skins, with two instruction days.
Nobody goes into the backcountry here without a transceiver search drill first, and the guides run it until everyone finds a buried beacon inside three minutes.
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| Solang |
| Manali |
An easy first tour to see how everyone moves. The guide picks the aspect from the morning's snowpack, not from the plan.
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| Dhundi |
| Beas valley |
| Hanuman Tibba |
A thousand metres up on skins is four to five hours. The descent takes forty minutes and that is the trade.
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| Beas Kund bowl |
| Shitidhar |
| Friendship Peak |
Trees are where you go when the alpine slopes are loaded or the visibility has gone. They are also better skiing than people expect.
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| Hamta |
| Deo Tibba |
| Birch and pine |
The Chandrakhani ridge gives the longest single descent of the week, down towards Naggar with the Malana valley on the other side.
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| Chandrakhani Pass |
| Naggar |
| Malana valley |
The debrief matters — the guides log what the snowpack did all week and it is worth sitting through.
All accommodations are subject to change
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Days 3–5
5 breakfasts and 5 dinners across 6 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 6.
10 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
Snow was good and the group was kept to a sensible size. The campsites were well chosen — sheltered, and close enough to water. Would book with them again.
Instruction was solid and the days were well judged for conditions. No hesitation recommending them.
Instruction was solid and the days were well judged for conditions. Recommended.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Snow was good and the group was kept to a sensible size. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Recommended.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Snow was good and the group was kept to a sensible size. Sleeping under canvas at that height is cold work and the kit was up to it. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. Good value for what's included.
Conditions were marginal and I'd have preferred them to say so before we set out.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Snow was good and the group was kept to a sensible size. The campsites were well chosen — sheltered, and close enough to water. The cooking was a genuine surprise — better than most places we'd have picked ourselves.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Conditions were marginal and I'd have preferred them to say so before we set out. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
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