Shipki La
The Sutlej's way into India, and a border post opened for trade a few days a year.
- Where
- Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 31.8167, 78.7500
Get the Shipki La stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Shipki La. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Shipki La
Reo Purgyil 7.7 km
The highest peak in Himachal Pradesh that anybody is allowed to climb, on the Tibet border.
Nako Lake 13 km
A village around a lake at four thousand metres.
Manirang 39 km
A peak on the Spiti-Kinnaur divide, with a pass of the same name beneath it.
Kinnaur Kailash 44 km
A six thousand metre peak with a rock shaft near the summit that Shaivites walk forty kilometres to circle.
Kalpa 57 km
At twenty eight hundred metres facing Kinner Kailash, with apple and chilgoza pine on the same slope.
Dhankar Monastery 59 km
Built on a spur of crumbling rock above the Spiti.
Chitkul 60 km
The last inhabited village on the old Hindustan Tibet road, at thirty four hundred metres on the Baspa.
Sangla Valley 64 km
Apple orchards under Kinner Kailash.
More hidden gems in Himachal Pradesh
Questions
Where is Shipki La?
Shipki La is in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Reo Purgyil (7.7 km), Nako Lake (13 km), Manirang (39 km).
How do I get the Shipki La stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Shipki La and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Shipki La before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Himachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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