Pin Valley

Getting there

From Kaza, drive down the main road towards Tabo. Below Dhankar a road crosses the Spiti river and follows the Pin river south, through a string of villages, to Mudh at the end of the road: about 50 km in all. From Spiti Villa allow about 60 km.

The valley

Pin is greener than the main Spiti valley, with willows and fields along the river and steep, striped mountains above. Most of it is Pin Valley National Park, which climbs from about 3,500 m to more than 6,000 m and reaches across into the Bhaba valley of Kinnaur. It is part of the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve.

Mudh is the last village. It has homestays, and it is where the long treks over the passes to Kinnaur and to Kullu start and finish. Those are serious, multi-day crossings that need a guide.

Good to know

• Phone signal is patchy and often absent up the valley. Tell someone your plans.
• There is no fuel beyond Kaza.
• A day trip from Kaza is possible, but a night in Mudh is the way to see the valley.