The villages on the road, one page each
From Pithoragarh down the Kali to Dharchula, up the Vyas valley to Lipulekh, across the Kuti valley to Jolingkong and into the Darma villages: each place in driving order, with its height, its distance from Dharchula and its weather month by month from 30 years of data.
Dharchula to Lipulekh, the Vyas valley road
- Dharchula908 m · 0 km along · Kali valley
- Tawaghatabout 1,160 m · 19 km along · Kali valley
- Budhiabout 2,750 m · 56 km along · Vyas valley
- Chialekhabout 3,300 m · 66 km along · Vyas valley
- Garbyangabout 3,140 m · 69 km along · Vyas valley
- Napalchuabout 3,200 m · 78 km along · Vyas valley
- Gunji3,200 m · 80 km along · Vyas valley
- Kalapaniabout 3,600 m · 89 km along · Vyas valley
- Nabhidhangabout 4,250 m · 99 km along · Vyas valley
- Lipulekh Pass5,099 m · 111 km along · Vyas valley
Gunji to Jolingkong, the Kuti valley road
Tawaghat to the Darma villages
- Tawaghatabout 1,160 m · 0 km along · Kali valley
- Soblaabout 1,870 m · 18 km along · Darma valley
- Darabout 2,100 m · 21 km along · Darma valley
- Selaabout 2,530 m · 33 km along · Darma valley
- Naglingabout 2,900 m · 39 km along · Darma valley
- Balingabout 3,120 m · 44 km along · Darma valley
- Dantuabout 3,150 m · 51 km along · Darma valley
Pithoragarh to Dharchula, down the Kali
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