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Rupshu
About Rupshu

Rupshu is a valley in southeast Ladakh, on the Leh-Manali highway. The altitude of the valley is between 4,500 and 5,500 metres. It is occupied by the Changpa nomads.

Rupshu region lies between Zanskar and the Tibetan border to the east , Rupshu region is the highest and least well- known part of Ladakh. This area is physically a part of the Chang Tang plains, which extend eastwards from Rupshu for almost 1000 kilometers across Tibet. Rupshu Consists of a network of high valleys, separated by imposing ridges, with snow - capped peaks soaring to over 6000 meters, Rupshu is a rough land occupied by a hardy and cheerful nomadic people known as Chang-pa.

 
Rupshu Valley

Rupshu Valley lies southeast of Leh is the western extension of the Tibetan Plateau. Previously closed to visitors, this region offers some of the most amazing scenery to be found in Ladakh. It is a land of monasteries and high passes, dissected by several mountain ridges and traversed by a number of ancient trading routes. While on this trek, one venture in a mineral wilderness where only a few nomads live, totally reliant on their yak and sheep herds for their subsistence. Rupshu is a vital part of the Chang Tang, Tibet's 600-mile-wide, 15,000-foot high northern steppes, of which it is the westernmost extremity.

Rupshu has imposing sweeping deserts separated by narrow ranges with lofty passes offering distant views, and a hardy, wide ranging nomadic people called Changpas. Traders from Lahaul used to drive their caravans of sturdy mules across Rupshu into western Tibet, carrying goods such as wool ,salt, cloth and costume jewellery and trading for stones ,gems, hides , and wool. This trade existed almost till 1960s and Chairman of Adventure India was posted that time at Patseo to watch the trade and report to office located in Punjab.

The lowest point in all of Rupshu is at 13,000 feet along the Indus River near the settlement of Chumathang. Within Rupshu valley, which is spread under 5500-square-mile area are the mighty peaks of Ladakh and Zanskar mountains, and several large crystalline lakes including Tsomorari and Pangong framed in wide basins between the two ranges.

 

 


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