Vyas valley about 3,140 m
Garbyang Village, Vyas valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Garbyang is a village in the Vyas valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 3,140 m, 69 km by road from Dharchula. A trading hub on the route to Tibet before 1962, with carved multi-storey houses; much of it stands on slowly sliding ground, the 'sinking village'.
RPM-MF, 1 Oct 2021
Garbyang in numbers
- Height
- about 3,140 m (10,300 ft)
- Valley
- Vyas valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 69 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 158 km by road
- From Delhi
- 637 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −14 to −2 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 12 to 18 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 193 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 480 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- 1
Is Adi Kailash open now?
As of
Open: permits are issued until 10 November 2026
- Permits
- Issued again since the Parikrama Run hold ended on 26 October. The last permits of the 2026 season are issued on 10 November, by the SDM's office at Dharchula and on the district's portal. (Adi Kailash Explore's team at Dharchula, 6 November 2026; The district's permit portal, checked 7 November 2026)
- The yatra
- Open on 6 November 2026, in the second phase of the year, which began on 20 September. (Adi Kailash Explore's team at Dharchula, 6 November 2026; The Northern Gazette, 20 September 2026)
- The road
- Adi Kailash and Om Parvat darshan carry on. The Army closed the Old Lipulekh Pass for snow on 13 October, until further orders. (The Northern Gazette, 13 October 2026)
- 2027
- No opening date for 2027 has been announced. In 2026 the first phase ran from 1 May to 1 July. (Amar Ujala, 21 September 2026)
The position changes with the weather and the district's orders. Ask us on WhatsApp where it stands today
Weather in Garbyang 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.
Garbyangabout 3,140 m
−2°CClear
Now, 18:59 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Clear0° −8°Dry
- Mostly clear6° −10°Dry
- Light snow showers4° −11°0.9 mm
- Mostly clear5° −13°Dry
- Partly cloudy4° −11°0.5 mm
- Clear7° −12°Dry
- Clear8° −7°Dry
Forecast for about 3,140 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Hour by hour and the next 10 days: Garbyang weather today
Weather in Garbyang by month
Garbyang is coldest in January, when days reach −2 °C and nights fall to −14 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 18 °C by day and 12 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 193 times a year, on most nights from November to April. Snow falls on about 32 days a year, mostly from November to April. The monsoon brings 480 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 13 and 23 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2 | −14 | 69 | 8 | 31 |
| February | 0 | −12 | 83 | 9 | 28 |
| March | 3 | −9 | 66 | 8 | 31 |
| April | 8 | −3 | 59 | 3 | 25 |
| May | 12 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 9 |
| June | 17 | 8 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 18 | 12 | 480 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 18 | 12 | 437 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 16 | 8 | 176 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 12 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 13 |
| November | 8 | −5 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| December | 3 | −10 | 23 | 3 | 30 |
The road to Garbyang
Garbyang is 69 km by road from Dharchula, 158 km from Pithoragarh, 343 km from Haldwani and 637 km from Delhi, measured on OpenStreetMap's road network.
Dharchula to Lipulekh, the Vyas valley road
| Stop | km | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Dharchula | 0 | 908 m |
| Tawaghat | 19 | about 1,160 m |
| Budhi | 56 | about 2,750 m |
| Chialekh | 66 | about 3,300 m |
| Garbyang | 69 | about 3,140 m |
| Napalchu | 78 | about 3,200 m |
| Gunji | 80 | 3,200 m |
| Kalapani | 89 | about 3,600 m |
| Nabhidhang | 99 | about 4,250 m |
| Lipulekh Pass | 111 | 5,099 m |
Where to stay in Garbyang
All 29 stays in Gunji, mapped, with the snow peaks each one sees.
One stay is listed here, from the source named under it. Rooms, rates and seasons change: ask us before you travel.
- Garbyang tent homestay (developed by the Indian Army, run by the Garbyang Village Committee). Camp (tent homestay). Opened 6 Oct 2025; Rs 1,000 per person per night including meals (Oct 2025); bookings through the village committee; best months given as March to June and September to October. Source: Outlook Traveller, 'Indian Army opens eco tent homestay in Garbyang to promote sustainable tourism', checked 10 October 2025.
Worth knowing about Garbyang
- An Army-built tent homestay, run by the village committee, opened on 6 Oct 2025 at Rs 1,000 a person a night with meals. (Outlook Traveller, 10 Oct 2025)
- BRO kept the Budhi to Garbyang stretch single-lane in 2023, pending a 6 km tunnel costing Rs 2,000 crore. (ThePrint, 23 May 2023)
Near Garbyang
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Chialekh, Vyas valley, about 3,300 m: 1.9 km away
- Budhi, Vyas valley, about 2,750 m: 3.8 km away
- Napalchu, Vyas valley, about 3,200 m: 6.4 km away
- Gunji, Vyas valley, 3,200 m: 6.9 km away
- Rongkong, Kuti valley, about 3,260 m: 9 km away
- Nabi, Kuti valley, about 3,290 m: 9.1 km away
- Kalapani, Vyas valley, about 3,600 m: 12.1 km away
- Nabhidhang, Vyas valley, about 4,250 m: 17 km away
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Garbyang
Garbyang stands at about 3,140 m (10,300 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
69 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 637 km and from Haldwani 343 km.
Garbyang is coldest in January, when days reach −2 °C and nights fall to −14 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 18 °C by day and 12 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 193 times a year, on most nights from November to April.
Yes: snow falls on about 32 days a year, mostly from November to April, on the 1991 to 2020 averages.
Listed here: Garbyang tent homestay. Each listing names its source below; ask us before you travel, as rooms and rates change.
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 OpenStreetMap node/991963091 ('Garbyāng'); 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
