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Sinthan Top, Kashmir, India

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This is on top of the Sinthan Pass, at a height of 3750m, on National Highway NH-1B. This highway is open only in the summer months. Snow, even in the summer is the biggest attraction for tourists here.This route is an exciting and adventurous alternative to the regular Jammu-Srinagar highway. It connects Kishtwar on the Jammu side to Anantnag on the Kashmir side.

 

These horses were traveling all the way from Kishtwar to Pahalgam, a distance of 200 km, for the Amarnath yatra, where they would ferry the devotees. Their journey had begun over a month before the opening of the Amarnath pilgrimage.

 

Sinthan Pass was the first high altitude mountain pass for us. Read more about the Himalayan passes at Mountain Passes we crossed.

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Uploaded on December 1, 2013
Taken on June 10, 2013