Det sker i Leh (Ladakh), India året igennem

Travlt — Winter break i India, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Regel

  Inner Line permits for the valleys

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Book tidligt

  Nubra, Pangong, Tso Moriri and the Dah-Hanu villages sit inside the protected belt and need a permit issued in Leh, foreigners on a different form from Indian nationals. Agencies turn it round in a day; the checkpost will not. Kilde ↗

• Åbning

  Chadar trek on the frozen Zanskar

  15. jan. – 20. feb. · normaltVandresæsonRisikoBook tidligt

  The Zanskar river freezes hard enough to walk for a few weeks in deep winter, and permits and a registered agency are required. Warm winters have thinned the ice and cut seasons short, so nothing is bookable with confidence until the December reports. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Ladakhi Losar (1. dec. – 10. jan. (normalt)), Pangong and the lakes freeze (20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Festival

  Dosmoche at Leh Palace

  10. feb. – 5. mar. · normaltReligiøs højtid

  The old-year festival below the palace: cham dances, then a thread-cross effigy carried out of town to take the year's bad luck with it. Deep winter, so almost nobody from outside Ladakh sees it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Chadar trek on the frozen Zanskar (15. jan. – 20. feb. (normalt)), Pangong and the lakes freeze (20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Åbning

  Srinagar road reopens

  20. mar. – 15. maj · normaltVandresæson

  The army's engineers cut Zoji La open through spring and the Srinagar road is normally the first of the two highways back, somewhere between late March and the middle of May. Until it goes, Leh is reachable only by air. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Dosmoche at Leh Palace (10. feb. – 5. mar. (normalt)), Pangong and the lakes freeze (20. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Apricot blossom in the villages

  5. apr. – 10. maj · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The orchards along the Indus at Nubra, Sham and Turtuk flower before the passes open, which is the argument for coming early and flying in rather than driving. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Srinagar road reopens (20. mar. – 15. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Åbning

  Manali highway season

  25. maj – 15. nov. · normaltVandresæsonLukninger

  The high road in over Baralacha La and Tanglang La opens at the end of May once the Border Roads Organisation has cut through, and closes with the first heavy snow in November. Dates move by weeks either way. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Srinagar road reopens (20. mar. – 15. maj (normalt)), Apricot blossom in the villages (5. apr. – 10. maj (normalt))

Tætpakket — Hemis Festival, Trekking and high-pass season

• Festival

  Hemis Festival

  24.–25. jun.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Two days of cham mask dances in the courtyard at Hemis for Padmasambhava's birthday, on the tenth day of the fifth Tibetan month. It falls in the busiest fortnight of the Ladakh year and the taxis to the monastery are booked out. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Trekking and high-pass season

  15. jun. – 15. sep. · normaltVandresæsonTætpakketBook tidligt

  The window when Khardung La, Chang La and the trekking routes are all open at once, and when Leh runs at capacity. Everything above the town needs a day or two of acclimatising first, whatever the season.

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Manali highway season (25. maj – 15. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Trekking and high-pass season

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Manali highway season (25. maj – 15. nov. (normalt)), Hemis Festival (24.–25. jun.), Trekking and high-pass season (15. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Trekking and high-pass season, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Manali highway season (25. maj – 15. nov. (normalt)), Trekking and high-pass season (15. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Trekking and high-pass season, Ladakh Marathon

• Festival

  Ladakh Marathon

  5.–20. sep. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakketBook tidligt

  Four days of races out of Leh in September, from a five-kilometre run to an ultra over Khardung La at well over five thousand metres. Every bed in town goes the week before it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Manali highway season (25. maj – 15. nov. (normalt)), Trekking and high-pass season (15. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Manali highway season (25. maj – 15. nov. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Manali highway season (25. maj – 15. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Winter break i India, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Ladakhi Losar

  1. dec. – 10. jan. · normaltKinesisk nytår

  Ladakh keeps its new year two months before the Tibetan one, with ibex-shaped bread, fire processions through Leh and masked dances at the monasteries. Deep winter, almost no visitors, and every guesthouse shut but a handful. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Pangong and the lakes freeze

  20. dec. – 10. mar. · normaltIssæson

  The high lakes set solid from about the turn of the year, and the road out to Pangong runs on cleared snow when it runs at all. The guesthouses out there are shut, so it is a long day from Leh and back. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1. jan. – 31. dec.)