Sach Pass to Pangi
Description- A trek through an age old route to hte mystic Pangi valley crossing through thick jungles, a high pass and eventually ending in the deep ravine of the Chandrabhaga river. The trek is effectively in its last stages with a road inaugurated over the Sach Pass in 2009.
Look out for- Lush flora on Chamba side of the pass, a close of the Pir Panjal range from Sach Pass.
Start Point – Trela (N32 55.433 E76 09.164, 1804 mts), District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India
End Point – Kilar (N33 04.849 E76 23.941, 2627 mts), District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India
Highest Point - Sach Pass (N33 00.361 E76 14.395, 4407 mts), District Chamba, India
Lowest Point - Trela, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India
Difficulty Level – Moderate: Steep ascents from Bhanodi to Satrundi and Satrundi to Sach Pass and long days of walk on the other side.
No of days - 5-6
Sample Itinerary
| Day | Start Point | End Point | Stay Options |
| 1 | Trela | Bhanodi | Camp Site |
| 2 | Bhanodi | Satrundi | Camp Site |
| 3 | Satrundi | Bhagotu | Camp Site |
| 4 | Bhagotu | Dunai | Forest Huts, Camp Site |
| 5 | Dunai | Kilar | Kilar Hotels |
Trek Profile
Attached aside is an elevation profile of this trek. The X Axis of the graph shows the horizontal distance while the Y Axis shows the elevation. All the major waypoints on the trek have been plotted on this graph along with their elevations. The distance between waypoints along with the approximate 'moving time' between each waypoint has also been provided. This assumes a moderate walking pace with no stops at all.
The graph has been created using the GPX file of the track data for this trek and manually inserting the waypoints at the relevant places. Click on the image beside to get a larger image. To save or print the image, right click-->save as once the large image opens.
The Pangi side of the trail is more or less dying as I write this page with most of the foot traffic increasingly using parts of the road. The old trail runs along the right bank of the stream while the new trail/road is on the left bank. The older trail however has good campsites and availability of water. However, the trail is damaged in many places and has broken off completely in others. This trek profile is based on a route cutting the road vertically through the curves, which is the best path of take when there is too much snow (apart from sliding down the stream if there is enough snow cover).
To read more about my experience on this trek, click here.
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