E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSS
Fayaz Kabli / Reuters
Vehicles are driven through a mountainous road covered by snow after the Srinagar-Leh highway was opened to traffic in Zojila, 108 km (67 miles) east of Srinagar April 25 The 443 km (275 miles) long highway was opened by Indian army authorities for traffic on Wednesday after remaining snowbound at Zojila Pass, 3,530 metres (11,581 feet) above sea level, for the past six months. The pass connects Kashmir with the Buddhist-dominated Ladakh region, a famous tourist destination among foreign tourists for its monasteries, landscapes and mountains.
Fayaz Kabli / Reuters
Vehicles are driven down a precarious stretch of a mountainous road after the Srinagar-Leh highway was opened to traffic in Zojila, 108 km (67 miles) east of Srinagar April 25.
Tauseef Mustafa / AFP - Getty Images
Kashmiri porters on horseback travel past walls of snow along the newly-reopened Srinagar-Leh highway in Zojila, about 108 km (67 miles) east of Srinagar, on April 25, 2012. The 443 km (275 mile) long highway was opened for the season by Indian Army authorities after remaining snow at Zojila Pass, some 3,530 metres (11,581 feet) above sea level, had been cleared. The pass connects Kashmir with the Buddhist-dominated Ladakh region, a famous tourist destination among foreign tourists for its monasteries, landscapes and mountains.
Tauseef Mustafa / AFP - Getty Images
Vehicles ply the Srinagar-Leh highway in Zojila, about 108 km (67 miles) east of Srinagar, on April 25, 2012. The 443 km (275 mile) long highway was opened for the season by Indian Army authorities after remaining snow at Zojila Pass, some 3,530 metres (11,581 feet) above sea level, had been cleared.
Leave a Comment:
No freaking way !!! .....No thanks. I will see you guys on the other side.......to hell with that .
I about had a panic attack driving through tennesee to florida my freshman year in college for spring break. Granted, it was torrential downpour and late late late at night. I could barely see the road before me...
that now seems like a bunny hill compared to this.
Jessica ....I lived in TN for a while... Now back in FL .......TN has some very dangerous roads. Don't feel bad .
Honey, run up the Pass and get me a 12pk and some smokes?
@!$%# that!
Dramatic photo (horsemen between the huge walls of snow.)
I would like to see the machine clearing that path.
its probably a bunch of dudes with shovels. dont think they have snow removal machines
This image distinctly reminds me of a spring break cycling trip over Sonora Pass in the Sierra Nevadas. We were on bikes instead of horses, but it looked about the same.
@Ryan-1929487: Its ignorant folks like you that are underestimating the intelligence of other countries and making the US less competitive.
now that is just scary....beautiful country though
One with everything!
And one with just pepperoni, please.
i just knew there was another smart-one out there.
HAHAHA
Who is the guy/guys clearing that pass? They are not paying them enough.
Where do they have to go that bad?????????????????? No way!
The fabled "Shangri La" eye suppose,....and you Harvey?
And I thought the roads in Wyoming sucked! They have to be tough sob's to be truckin' around at 11,600 feet.
It would seem that in that part of the world, and that road in particular, drinking alcohol and driving would only be a problem once.
ummmmmmmmmmmm-agreed
Looks like the one lane road to my fishing spot. Sometimes closed due to the road crumbling down into the canyon.
And they do this without Guard rails too. And from what I hear those people are Very, Very, Very, Rude drivers. If you can call them drivers, it's more like stock car driving.
There are several passes in Colorado that are higher, some paved, other not. The unpaved roads just use a bulldozer and a fearless operator. The paved roads use a BIG motorized snow blower on a 4WD front end loader.
Looks like Trail Creek (past Sun Valley, Idaho) road which is a white knuckle ride when it's open. After winter. And they always find a truck or two down at the bottom. This year a guy tried to hike in after his car got stuck. What the? Why would you try to drive through 5 feet of snow?
I love the use of the word "highway" to describe what looks like nothing more than a cart path!
I was in India area 2 years ago- beautiful country we were in the Himlayas = drove up 9000 feet-the sky was an incredible blue, eagles were soaring overhead- the air was so clear it sparkled- our drivers for the entire trip were the best ever- n't see any accidents- lots of yelling- have to admit it was very scary at times-particularly- when my side of the van was on side where the drop was thousands of feet down- one of us spent the entire trip up and down the mountain curled up at the back of the van- the drivers and their assistants were always looking our for rock slides- we saw evidence of large boulders that had come crashing down
would not be surprised if the roads were cleared by the men and women who maintain the roads. saw a lot of people breaking up rocks for the side of the road.
It was the best trip of my life a friend of mine says that every time we talk about India - I smile. Very grateful we got to see India now before it changes forever!
Good place for a motorcycle race.
Yep, I will travel that road when I come back as a mountain goat in my next life.
According to the Indian government report, this was done BY HAND, with picks, shovels and buckets over a period of about three months. They couldn't pay me enough to do that. I still bet they have a dozer or two and maybe a big snow blower.
Photoshop. I mean all the main stream media went on and on about the mild winter. That snow has to be fake.
(Of course they made sure not to mention the 600+ people who died from the cold in Europe and Russia.) That's the trouble to today's media. You only get the part of the story they want to tell you.
It may be a mild winter to them, though it doesn't look very mild to us!
Tells me it can't post so I try again and it double posts.
Didn't double post on my screen--just post #19, and then this #20 as a followup.
A kid with a snow shovel could make out real well there.
Looks nothing like the imagery in the Led Zeppelin song.
Dah-nah-nah, tish, dah-nah-nah,
dah-nah-nah, tish, dah-nah-nah,
dah-nah-nah, tish, dah-nah-nah,
nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-naaaaah.
Oh, let the sun the sun beat down upon my face, stars fill my dreams...
Good Lord. I couldn't do that or even be in one of those vehicles. Scary.
Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been ♪♫♪♫ :)
Wow! Just . . . wow!
We should require all American Presidential Candidates to take the Kashmirs Fear Factor Test, he, he....