Darma valley about 3,120 m
Baling Village, Darma valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Baling is a village in the Darma valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 3,120 m, 63 km by road from Dharchula. On 3 Apr 2026 a snow slide about 30 m high blocked the road at the Natti glacier point between Baling and Dugtu; BRO cleared it in 3 to 4 hours.
Amar Ujala; ETV Bharat
Baling in numbers
- Height
- about 3,120 m (10,240 ft)
- Valley
- Darma valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 63 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 151 km by road
- From Delhi
- 631 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −13 to −1 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 11 to 17 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 207 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 630 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- None found
Is the Darma valley road open now?
As of
Open in winter: the road to Dantu is driven by 4x4, with families in the villages
- Winter
- Families stay on in Dantu and Dugtu through the winter, and the road from Dharchula is driven in local 4x4s with hill drivers, in snow. Our Panchachuli Base Camp Expedition stays at Darma 360 in Dantu every Friday to 18 December, and at Christmas, 22 to 28 December. (Adi Kailash Explore's team in Darma, 6 November 2026)
- The road
- The road from Sobla reaches Dugtu and Dantu. It reopened on 8 September 2026, light vehicles first, after the monsoon had cut the valley off on 5 September. Earlier this year it closed for an avalanche between Baling and Dugtu (2 April) and for rockfalls at Pangbawe (7 to 9 June, 21 July). (Amar Ujala, 8 September 2026; Amar Ujala, 5 September 2026; Amar Ujala, 3 April 2026; Amar Ujala, 10 June 2026)
- Permits
- The district's online permit covers Adi Kailash and Om Parvat only, and no official rule for Darma is published. Reports differ on whether Indian travellers need one for Darma: carry government photo ID, and ask us for your dates. (The district's permit portal, checked 21 October 2026; AajTak, 14 June 2026; ETV Bharat, 3 April 2026)
The position changes with the weather and the district's orders. Ask us on WhatsApp where it stands today
The whole valley, its homestays and how to reach it: the Darma Valley guide
Weather in Baling now, and the next 7 days
The forecast is for the village's own height, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows are in °C; times are IST.
Balingabout 3,120 m
−2°CFog
Now, 18:58 IST · wind 4 km/h
- Clear−2° −7°Dry
- Light snow showers5° −10°0.5 mm
- Light snow showers3° −12°2.5 mm
- Light snow showers5° −15°0.8 mm
- Cloudy3° −12°Dry
- Mostly clear7° −9°Dry
- Mostly clear7° −6°Dry
Forecast for about 3,120 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
The valley's weather, 10 days ahead and by month: Darma Valley weather
Weather in Baling by month
Baling is coldest in January, when days reach −1 °C and nights fall to −13 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 17 °C by day and 11 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 207 times a year, on most nights from October to April. Snow falls on about 55 days a year, mostly from October to April. The monsoon brings 630 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 27 and 40 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1 | −13 | 107 | 13 | 31 |
| February | 0 | −11 | 125 | 14 | 28 |
| March | 4 | −8 | 103 | 13 | 31 |
| April | 8 | −4 | 79 | 5 | 27 |
| May | 12 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 14 |
| June | 16 | 7 | 263 | 0 | 1 |
| July | 17 | 11 | 630 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 16 | 11 | 587 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 15 | 7 | 228 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 11 | −1 | 49 | 1 | 17 |
| November | 7 | −6 | 27 | 3 | 28 |
| December | 3 | −10 | 40 | 6 | 30 |
The road to Baling
Baling is 63 km by road from Dharchula, 151 km from Pithoragarh, 336 km from Haldwani and 631 km from Delhi, measured on OpenStreetMap's road network.
Where to stay in Baling
We have not found a listed stay in Baling itself; the nearest listed stays are at Nagling. Ask us on WhatsApp for where travellers sleep on this road.
Worth knowing about Baling
- KMVN's Panchachuli tour drives from Dharchula to Baling (75 km by KMVN's figure), then treks 6 km to Soan. (KMVN package page)
Near Baling
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Bon, Darma valley, about 3,260 m: 3.9 km away
- Nagling, Darma valley, about 2,900 m: 4.2 km away
- Son, Darma valley, about 3,200 m: 4.4 km away
- Dantu, Darma valley, about 3,150 m: 4.9 km away
- Go, Darma valley, about 3,200 m: 5.7 km away
- Sela, Darma valley, about 2,530 m: 8.8 km away
- Sipu, Darma valley, about 3,420 m: 12.5 km away
- Sobla, Darma valley, about 1,870 m: 16.3 km away
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Baling
Baling stands at about 3,120 m (10,240 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
63 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 631 km and from Haldwani 336 km.
Baling is coldest in January, when days reach −1 °C and nights fall to −13 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 17 °C by day and 11 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 207 times a year, on most nights from October to April.
Yes: snow falls on about 55 days a year, mostly from October to April, on the 1991 to 2020 averages.
We have not found a listed stay in Baling itself; the nearest listed stays are at Nagling. Ask us on WhatsApp for where travellers sleep on this road.
How we made this page
Every figure here comes from data and is filled in each time the page is built: the map point from docs/research/altitudes.json stops.baling (OpenStreetMap node/2386907491 (Baling, Dharchula, Pithoragarh district)); the height from Copernicus GLO-90 via Open-Meteo at the point, rounded to 10 m (stop-altitudes.mjs); road distances from OpenStreetMap through the OSRM router; the weather from the Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis, 1991 to 2020, through Open-Meteo, set to the height of the place. If anything here is out of date, tell us on WhatsApp and we will correct it.
About Adi Kailash Explore
Adi Kailash Explore (adikailash.io) is a tour operator based in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, that specialises in one route: Adi Kailash and Om Parvat, the Darma valley and Munsiyari. It runs departures from Delhi, Haldwani and Pithoragarh, and its team files the Inner Line Permit for every Adi Kailash traveller at SDM Dharchula. It is recognised by Uttarakhand Tourism, certified by MSME, Govt. of India (UDYAM-UK-09-0012927) and verified on the NIDHI Portal, and was founded by Vinay Verma. Why travel with us
