Rohtang Pass

The drive up to the top of this pass was amazing. The road was pretty much awful because of continual landslides so there were crews of men doing work to try to make it two lanes again.
The traffic was also amazingly busy. I think that a lot of touring companies in Manali shuttle people up to the top.

The mountains here are unlike any mountain range that I have ever seen. They seem really immature and you can see places were the topsoil has fallen off the rock that it has been clinging too for so long. Evidence of landslides are everywhere. The grand scale and the abrupt way that these mountains project into the sky is something else. On the way down the other side the traffic was almost completely gone...there is not much reason for tourists to go over to this side.

On the way to the top we passed through this glacier that had been chopped in half to let cars through. This was on place of congestion as you can see. Surprisingly there was little to no snow at the top of the pass. I guess it is the middle of the summer though. The elevation of the pass was about 13,500 ft. Definitely enough to give me a little headache and dizziness.