Buran Ghati - Barua Pass Trek
Walking the ancient trade route connecting Kinnaur to Pabbar Valley in Himachal
A Himalayan High Experience
About The Buran Ghati - Barua Pass Trek
The Barua Pass - Buran Ghati Trek
A pass is a significant geographical term for any place in the Himalayas. It links 2 valleys separated by mountains and connects them physically allowing exchanges in form of culture, emotions, stories and happiness !!
Barua Pass served similarly connecting the village of Barua with that of Pabbar valley. This trek takes you through tall standing forests, the lush green alpine meadows of Dayara and Litham thatch, a serene-looking Chandranahan lake, before bringing you to the high altitude terrain of a Himalayan Pass. The Pabbar River gushes down below playing constant music until your objective of crossing the pass comes nearer and your focus changes. The thrill of crossing any Himalayan pass is incomparable, although not difficult as compared to other passes in the Himalayas. Descending down the pass offers a good challenge in the form of its steepness and hard snowy terrain. Post that, this trek again enters the greens of Monirang and then to the village of Barua.

Summit Of The Barua Pass - Buran Ghati Trek

The Barua Pass - Buran Ghati Trek
Detailed Daywise Itinerary For Buran Ghati - Barua Pass TrekDay 1From Shimla To Janglik
Quick Information: - Shimla: 2205 meters / 7277 feets
- Janglik: 2750 meters / 9075 feets
- Approximate Distance: 162 Km
- Approximate Time: 8 - 9 hours
- Day's Activity: Drive
- Janglik:
Coordinates: 31.31635553 , 78.01180295Fly to Janglik on Google Map
View 360 degree from Janglik using Peak Finder
Brief Details Of The Day: Start your day early morning. If you are in smaller group, target the press vehicles which leaves around 5 in the morning to deliver newspaper. You can reach Rohru easily and conviniently. It will be a long drive to reach Janglik, but the thrilling roads and views of Himachal keeps you engaged before you reach Janglik, a beautiful village amidst the greens. We take the full advantage of trekking in a smaller group and chose to stay in the local homestay. That gives us the priceless experience to live the rich local culture and make ourselves a part of it right from the go. Do visit the local typically constructed temple in Janglik.
Accommodation: Homestay / Tents
Meals: Evening Snacks, Dinner
Day 2From Janglik To Dayara Thatch
Quick Information: - Janglik: 2750 meters / 9075 feets
- Dayara Thatch: 3465 meters / 11435 feets
- Approximate Time: 5 hours
- Day's Activity: Trek
- Dayara Thatch:
Coordinates: 31.34794944 , 78.06254313Fly to Dayara Thatch on Google Map
View 360 degree from Dayara Thatch using Peak Finder
Brief Details Of The Day: Today we start our trek and as we walk towards our next destination, we are gifted by the pleasures of greens, but in varied shades. A typical Himalayan trek through the high rising conifers and small openings in the thick and thin forest, following up the Pabbar river. You cross few shepherd's hut on the way.
Dayara is a beautiful expanse of loft green meadow in the valley encircled sparsely by conifers. The flock of sheeps grazing around with their shepherds and humps of mountains rising high on both the sides make it a picturesque location. Early in the season pre-monsoon, snow can add a different element of beauty to the sight. It makes a perfect campsite.
We spend the rest of the day exploring the site and soaking in the view, through our eyes and camera. Do have a conversation with the shepherds you meet. It will enlighten you a lot on their perspective of the world.
Accommodation: Tents
Meals: All Meals
Day 3From Dayara Thatch To Litham Thatch
Quick Information: - Dayara Thatch: 3465 meters / 11435 feets
- Litham Thatch: 3600 meters / 11880 feets
- Approximate Time: 3 hours
- Day's Activity: Trek
Brief Details Of The Day: A short day today but a beautiful one. We start lazily and would like to reach our next campsite for lunch. We follow the Pabbar river with a constant view of the mighty Gunas pass ahead of us. A gentle traverse on the grassy mountain with mixed climb on the meadow through occasional forests and multiple stream crossing brings us to the Litham thatch.
Enjoy the rest of the day. This will be our campsite for the 2 nights and plays a very important role in the better acclimatization for successful crossing of the Barua Pass.
Accommodation: Tents
Meals: All Meals
Day 4Rest / Acclimatization / Local Exploration Day
Quick Information: - Litham Thatch: 3600 meters / 11880 feets
- Chandranahan Lake: 4024 meters / 13280 feets
- Litham Thatch: 3600 meters / 11880 feets
- Approximate Time: 5 - 6 hours
- Day's Activity: Trek, Explore
- Chandranahan Lake:
Coordinates: 31.38427166 , 78.10281433Fly to Chandranahan Lake on Google Map
View 360 degree from Chandranahan Lake using Peak Finder
Brief Details Of The Day: Morning, we start our trek to explore the other valley on our left towards Chandranahan lake. Chandranahan is a lake system fed by glacier and underground spring water. Its a very pious place for the locals and legend has it that the local God of Rohru - Shikru Devta is supposed to have taken birth here. As per the rule, we are not supposed to venture closer to the lake with shoes or slippers, or anything leather.
The stream originating from the lake is a tributary of the Pabbar and also named Chandranahan nala. The trek up is a good one and early in May can have good amount of snow cover. Otherwise, its a walk up on a moderately rough terrain with occasional flat meadows, requiring to cross streams multiple times. Snow covers the lake, but if open, you can see upto 3 lakes, which are not too big or deep either.
We return back to Litham for the day.
Accommodation: Tents
Meals: All Meals
Day 5From Litham Thatch To Dunda
Quick Information: - Litham Thatch: 3600 meters / 11880 feets
- Dunda: 4100 meters / 13530 feets
- Approximate Time: 5 hours
- Day's Activity: Trek
Brief Details Of The Day: The penultimate day before the crossing of the pass tomorrow. The trek climbs up moderately to the base of the Buran pass where the two passes - Buran and Gunas pass offers you a tempting challenge to undertake. Behind your back, the view of the entire valley is a beauty !! To your right on the other side of the mountain divide runs the Rupin valley and the trek to the Rupin Pass.
Early may can be difficult depending on the amount of snow. Its better to bank on the experience of the local guides on location to camp for the day so that pass crossing becomes easier and successful the next day.
Accommodation: Tents
Meals: All Meals
Day 6From Dunda To Munirang , Via - Buran Pass
Quick Information: - Dunda: 4100 meters / 13530 feets
- Buran Pass: 4550 meters / 15015 feets
- Munirang : 3625 meters / 11963 feets
- Approximate Time: 6 - 7 hours
- Day's Activity: Trek
- Buran Pass:
Coordinates: 31.39112980 , 78.14345097Fly to Buran Pass on Google Map
View 360 degree from Buran Pass using Peak Finder
- Monerang:
Coordinates: 31.42579430 , 78.15729633Fly to Monerang on Google Map
View 360 degree from Monerang using Peak Finder
Brief Details Of The Day: Finally we have brought ourselves to the closest to our objective and today we face the challenge. All our previous days were meant to acclimatize ourselves to the maximum capacity and get in sync with the mountains. Today we tackle the steep climb to the top of the Buran Pass.
A steadily increasing intensity of climb up on snow takes us to the top. We reach in about 2 hours to the top. Rest and feel the place where you have trekked yourself to.. its amazing.
We start to descend the pass to the other side. Its steep and here comes the expertise of your trekking skills and the guide. We use our safety ice traction crampons, ice axes and rope to descend down the pass. Its a quick descend all the way down to the greens of Munirang
Accommodation: Tents
Meals: All Meals
Day 7From Munirang To Shimla, Via - Barua
Quick Information: - Munirang : 3625 meters / 11963 feets
- Barua : 2007 meters / 6624 feets
- Shimla: 2205 meters / 7277 feets
- Approximate Time: 3 hours
- Day's Activity: Trek, Drive
- Barua:
Coordinates: 31.46759046 , 78.17870979Fly to Barua on Google Map
View 360 degree from Barua using Peak Finder
Brief Details Of The Day: Today we end our beautiful trek. We start early as we are to reach Shimla. It takes about 3 hours of descend to get us to Barua Village and the roadhead.
From there, we can either go to Sangla, Chitkul or back to Shimla. Karcham is about 2 kilometers from Barua and from there you can get vehicles for further travel.
Accommodation: None
Meals: Breakfast
Covid19 Safety Protocol For Himalayan Treks
Unnatural times call for an unusual response. We at Himalayan High are facing it with even more stringent safety measures to ensure our treks, trekkers, and the local support team are safe. The Covid19 Pandemic has completely changed the way we look at the World and do things. It has changed the way we trek as well. Here is a brief.
- Small Groups of less than 15 members
- No Fixed Camps at all. Use a single sleeping bag, mattress & sleeping bag inners throughout the trek without any mixup
- Sanitized Transportation
- Contactless Screening of Participants on arrival
- Contactless Paperwork and Online Booking Procedure
- Mandatory Sanitization Before Entry
- Sanitized Accommodation, Linens, Sleeping Bags, etc
- Sanitized and sun-dried Camping Equipment
- Monitored Support Crew with extra protection of masks, gloves and frequent use of sanitizers
- Social Distancing from other unmonitored groups
- Daily evaluation of Health for Safe Mountain Health
- Twin Sharing Accommodations on the trek
- Single tent supplement available
- Proper Dining Hygiene in Dining Tents
- Dry Toilets in toilet tents.
- Covid Hygiene Kit including personal Sleeping Bag Inner for free
- Precautionary Quarantine Tents On Trek
- Immunity-Boosting Food Menu and Drinks
- Filtered, Boiled and Treated Drinking Water
Read more on the following link about our Covid19 safety measures to ensure a safe trek.
Safe trekking in the Himalayas during COVID-19With this protocol, we have resumed our Himalayan Treks.
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+ Quick Info- Duration: 6 nights, 5 Trek Days, Janglik to Barua
- Highest Altitude: 4550m
- Grade: Moderate + ( know trek grades )
- Best Time: May June Sep Oct
- Terrain: Meadows, Snow, Forest
- Activity Type: Trek
- Trail Type: Same Exit Entry Point
- Starts At: Janglik
- Ends At: Barua
- Region: India - Himachal
- Country: India
- Nearest Airport: Jubbarhatti Airport, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- Nearest Rail Head: Kalka, Himachal Pradesh
- Travel Guide: Where and How To Reach Janglik
- Mobile Network: 3G Airtel in Janglik and BSNL. Airtel from Munirang and Barua Village
- Internet Option: No
- Temperatures: -2 tp 14 degrees
- Is Cloak Room Available: No
- Generic Food Menu: Garhwali, Himachali, Nepali, Indian
+ Short Travel Itinerary** click on the DayNumber to read detailed itinerary for the day
- Day 1
Drive
Arrival Day Arrive In Janglik (2750m ) . 8 - 9 Hrs. 162 Kms
Overnight In: Janglik (2750m )
Accommodation: Homestay / Tents
Meals Included: Evening Snacks, Dinner
Cost Of Transport Included: NO
- Day 2
Trek
From Janglik (2750m ) To Dayara Thatch (3465m ) . 5 Hrs.
Overnight In: Dayara Thatch (3465m )
Accommodation: Tents
Meals Included: All Meals
- Day 3
Trek
From Dayara Thatch (3465m ) To Litham Thatch (3600m ) . 3 Hrs.
Overnight In: Litham Thatch (3600m )
Accommodation: Tents
Meals Included: All Meals
- Day 4
Rest / Acclimatization / Local Exploration Day
Overnight In: Litham Thatch (3600m )
Accommodation: Tents
Meals Included: All Meals
- Day 5
Trek
From Litham Thatch (3600m ) To Dunda (4100m ) . 5 Hrs.
Overnight In: Dunda (4100m )
Accommodation: Tents
Meals Included: All Meals
- Day 6
Trek
From Dunda (4100m ) To Munirang (3625m ), Via - Buran Pass (4550m ) . 6 - 7 Hrs.
Overnight In: Munirang (3625m )
Accommodation: Tents
Meals Included: All Meals
- Day 7
Trek, Drive
Departure Day From Munirang (3625m ) To Shimla (2205m ), Via - Barua (2007m ) . 3 Hrs.
Overnight In: Shimla (2205m )
Accommodation: None
Meals Included: Breakfast
Cost Of Transport Included: NO
+ Package Cost InclusionsWHAT'S INCLUDED IN PRICE
- 1 Medical Expert + Technical Trek Leader.
- 1 Dedicated Pre-Trek Orientation Expert
- 1 Dedicated Pre-Trek Coordinator
- 1 Local Route Guide.
- 1 Assistant Route Guide ( for group size between 8 - 15 ).
- 1 Cook + Required Kitchen Helpers.
- Required Camp Helpers.
- Required Evacuation Helpers.
- All camping equipment including Dining and Toilet Tents.
- Sleeping bags with fleece liners for warmth and hygiene.
- All meals on Treks suited for high altitude.
- 3 meals, i.e BLD with morning and evening teas, evening snacks, dessert and hot drinks after dinner
- All safety trek gears as required.
- High Altitude Medical kit with oxygen cylinders.
- All permits required for trek.
- All staff, their wage, transfers to and from home and meals.
+ Package Cost ExclusionsWHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
- BAGGAGE OFFLOAD: ( optional at extra cost )
- TRANSPORT Ex Shimla and Barua: Can be arranged on request to be paid on actuals and shared by the group ( 6000 - 7000 Rs. one way fare )
- Personal Travel Insurance
- Personal Purchases
- Food Purchased Outside Our Menu
- Personal Gears
- Bottled water and other drinks.
- Anything else not mentioned in inclusion list.
+ Trek Highlights
- The lush green meadows of Dayara and Litham Thatch
- The serenity around Chandranahan lake
- The experience of crossing the Buran Pass
- The villages of Janglik and Barua
+ Reviews & Testimonials
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We keep our reviews gladly, transparently and boldly on Google unlike hiding it on our own website and showcasing only the positive ones. Heartful thanks and gratitude to all of our Trekkers who took the effort to review us after they completed their trek with us. We understand none is perfect, but with proper experience, intention and feedbacks, one can achieve perfection. Our reviews are a result of our hardwork and intention to serve with the best intentions. + Cancellation PolicyWhen Should You Book?
We typically get booked about 3 - 6 months in advance. It is advisable to book this much in advance as you get early bird discounts and also your travel costs like flights/hotels/trains etc are much cheaper and confirmed if you book well in advance.
SPECIAL CANCELLATION TERMS DURING COVID19:
(1st OCTOBER 2020 TILL 31st MARCH 2021 )
Considering the uncertainties during the COVID19 pandemic, we have eased our cancellation rules.
- Up to 3 days or more before the trek start date - Full Refund of the total invoiced amount. No questions asked.
- 2 days to 1 day before the trek start date - We will either issue you a trek voucher with a value of 100% of the trek fee or refund 85% of the trek fee if you want us to transfer the money back.
- Transfer Of Seat to Different Batch/ Trek: No Loss Of Money, valid up to 1 year from Invoice date. It can be availed up to 1 day before Trek Start Date by sending an email.
- Transfer of Seat to Friend/ Family: No Loss Of Money, valid up to 1 year from Invoice date. It can be availed up to 1 day before Trek Start Date by sending an email.
- Validity Of The Covid19 Cancellation Policy: The above-listed cancellation rules apply only to bookings for which the trek start date falls between 1st October 2020 till 31st March 2021.
Find detailed info on Cancellation & Refund Policy
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