Vyas valley about 4,250 m
Nabhidhang, Vyas valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Nabhidhang is a sight in the Vyas valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 4,250 m, 99 km by road from Dharchula. The old Kailash Mansarovar Yatra camp from which Om Parvat is seen; KMVN keeps fibreglass huts here.
district tourism map; MEA guidebook, 2011
Nabhidhang in numbers
- Height
- about 4,250 m (13,940 ft)
- Valley
- Vyas valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 99 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 188 km by road
- From Delhi
- 667 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −24 to −12 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 6 to 12 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 260 a year
- Wettest month, August
- 145 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 Nabhidhang 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.
Nabhidhangabout 4,250 m
−7°CClear
Now, 18:59 IST · wind 4 km/h
- Clear−5° −13°Dry
- Clear0° −15°Dry
- Partly cloudy−2° −18°Dry
- Mostly clear−1° −19°Dry
- Partly cloudy−1° −16°Dry
- Mostly clear1° −17°Dry
- Mostly clear1° −15°Dry
Forecast for about 4,250 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: Nabhidhang weather today
Weather in Nabhidhang by month
Nabhidhang is coldest in January, when days reach −12 °C and nights fall to −24 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 12 °C by day and 6 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 260 times a year, on most nights from October to May. Snow falls on about 45 days a year, mostly from October to June. The monsoon brings 145 mm of rain in August; November and October are the driest months, with 12 and 22 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12 | −24 | 68 | 8 | 31 |
| February | −11 | −22 | 81 | 9 | 28 |
| March | −6 | −18 | 61 | 9 | 31 |
| April | −1 | −13 | 37 | 6 | 30 |
| May | 4 | −6 | 25 | 5 | 30 |
| June | 10 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 11 |
| July | 12 | 6 | 144 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 12 | 5 | 145 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 10 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 9 |
| October | 4 | −7 | 22 | 2 | 29 |
| November | 0 | −14 | 12 | 2 | 30 |
| December | −6 | −20 | 23 | 3 | 31 |
The road to Nabhidhang
Nabhidhang is 99 km by road from Dharchula, 188 km from Pithoragarh, 373 km from Haldwani and 667 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 Nabhidhang
One stay is listed here, from the source named under it. Rooms, rates and seasons change: ask us before you travel.
- KMVN TRH, Nabhidang. KMVN tourist rest house (FRP huts). District map: 'There are some FRP accommodation huts managed by KMVN' at the Om Parvat viewpoint. Amar Ujala (26 May 2026) names a KMVN tourist rest house at Nabhidhang with a manager on site. Amar Ujala (14 Jul 2026): nine furnished FRP igloo huts with inside toilets planned at Nabhidhang (Rs 3 crore). Source: District tourism map 'Pithoragarh Destination' (Google My Maps, linked from the district's monthly tourism newsletters as 'Map Source: Googlemymaps & PDMC'), checked 29 September 2026.
Worth knowing about Nabhidhang
- BRO began a 6.5 km road from the KMVN huts towards Lipulekh, with a 'Kailash View Point', in July 2023. (India TV, 21 Jul 2023)
- Nine furnished FRP igloo huts with inside toilets are planned here (Rs 3 crore). (Amar Ujala, 14 Jul 2026)
Near Nabhidhang
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Lipulekh Pass, Vyas valley, 5,099 m: 5.1 km away
- Kalapani, Vyas valley, about 3,600 m: 6.4 km away
- Gunji, Vyas valley, 3,200 m: 13.4 km away
- Napalchu, Vyas valley, about 3,200 m: 13.5 km away
- Nabi, Kuti valley, about 3,290 m: 13.9 km away
- Rongkong, Kuti valley, about 3,260 m: 14.4 km away
- Garbyang, Vyas valley, about 3,140 m: 17 km away
- Chialekh, Vyas valley, about 3,300 m: 18.7 km away
Our guides on this road
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Nabhidhang
Nabhidhang stands at about 4,250 m (13,940 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
99 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 667 km and from Haldwani 373 km.
Nabhidhang is coldest in January, when days reach −12 °C and nights fall to −24 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 12 °C by day and 6 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 260 times a year, on most nights from October to May.
Yes: snow falls on about 45 days a year, mostly from October to June, on the 1991 to 2020 averages.
Listed here: KMVN TRH, Nabhidang. 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 docs/research/altitudes.json stops.nabhidhang (OpenStreetMap node/2521943543 (Nabhidang Camp, 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
