Top 13 High Altitude Mountain Passes in India
Dungri La Pass
The Dungri la pass or Mana Pass is the high altitude mountain pass and the highest motorable road with an elevation of 5,608 m (18,399 ft).
Dungri La Pass connects India and Tibet, located in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve of the Zanskar mountain range in the Uttarakhand.
Mana Pass led from Badrinath and the source of the Saraswati River along with the Deotal Lake.
Chang La Pass
The Chang La pass of Ladakh in high altitude mountain pass with an elevation of 5,360 m (17,590 ft) on the route to Pangong Lake from Leh.
Chang La Pass is one of the third highest motorable road in the world connects Indus Valley to Pangong Lake region.
Debsa Pass
The Debsa Pass of is high mountain pass of 5,360-metre (17,590 ft) in the Himalaya mountains and connects the Kullu and Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh.
Beautiful Spiti Valley is a desert mountain land between Tibet and India at north-eastern part of Himachal Pradesh in the Himalaya mountains, Debsa pass runs round the the Parbati River valley in Kullu.
Karakoram Pass
The Karakoram Pass is situated at an elevation of 4,693 m (15,397 ft) between India and China in the Karakoram Range.
Karakoram pass is the tallest pass of the Karakoram Mountain Range and the oldest route between Leh and Yarkant.
Sela Pass
The frozen Sela Pass is situated at an elevation of 4,170 m (13,680 ft) in Tawang District of Arunachal Pradesh.
Sela Pass connects Tawang to rest of India through Tezpur and Guwahati, It receives heavy snowfall in winter but remain opens throughout the year.
Khardung La Pass
The great Khardung La pass is located near the Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Khardung La Pass on the Ladakh Ranges connects the Shyok and Nubra valleys at an elevation of 5,602 m (18,380 feet) at north of Leh.
Borasu Pass
The Borasu Pass connect the Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in the Himalaya Mountains at an elevation of 5,450 m (17,881 ft) near the border with China.
The high elevation mountain pass was an old trade route between amazing Doon valley and Kinnaur valley.
Rohtang Pass
The most famous Rohtang Pass is situated in the Pir Panjal Range of great Himalayas and connect two most beautiful valleys of Himachal Pradesh near Manali.
Rohtang Pass connects Kullu Valley with the Lahaul and Spiti Valleys at an altitude of 3,978 m (13,051 ft) on Manali-Leh Highway.
Nathu La pass
The major Nathu La pass connects Sikkim to Tibet region at an altitude of 4,310 m (14,140 ft) in the Himalayas mountain ranges.
Nathu La Pass is one of the three open trading pass between the Indian and China, other two are are Shipkila in Himachal Pradesh and Lipulekh in Uttarakhand.
Rupin Pass
The majestic high altitude pass is situated across the rupin river in Uttarakhand, starts from Dhaula in Uttarakhand and end at Sangla in Himachal Pradesh.
The un inhabited Rupin Pass located at an elevation of 4650 m (15,250 ft) in the great Himalayan ranges and consist of deep dark valleys,icy slopes and snow fields.