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{{Short description|Mountain pass in Himachal Pradesh, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
The '''Pin Parbati Pass''' (also written '''Pin Parvati Pass''') is a [[mountain pass]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]], at {{Convert|5319|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="tribuneindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130603/bathinda.htm#8 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Bathinda Edition |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref> Records show it was first crossed in August 1884 by [[Louis Dane|Sir Louis Dane]] in search of an alternate route to the [[Spiti valley]], but the shepherds from spiti used to do it often for grazing their sheep in the lush green parvati valley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/50/16/article-16-cross-roads-in-spiti-exploring-western-spiti-valleys/|title=CROSS-ROADS IN SPITI Exploring Western Spiti Valleys : Himalayan Journal vol.50/16|website=www.himalayanclub.org|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://himalayanchallenges.com/trekking-in-india/popular-treks-in-himachal-pradesh/pin-parvati-pass-trek.php |title=Pin Parvati Pass Trek |publisher=Himalayanchallenges.com |access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref> This pass connects the fertile and lush [[Parvati Valley|Parbati valley]] on the [[Kullu]] side with the barren high-altitude Pin valley on the Spiti side.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.frontline.in/other/travel/spiti-beckons/article7961967.ece|title=Spiti beckons|work=Frontline|access-date=2018-06-10|language=en}}</ref>

It is a popular trekking route today.  The trek route starts from [[Mud village, Spiti|Mud village]] on the Spiti side.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Kapadia|first=Harish|title=Trekking and Climbing in the Indian Himalaya|publisher=[[Stackpole Books]]|year=2001|isbn=0811729532|location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania|pages=127-130}}</ref>  An Army expedition attempted the 155 km route in 2013.<ref name="tribuneindia"></ref>

==See also==

* [[Takling La (Pass)]], on borer of Himachal and Ladakh
* [[Borasu pass]], on border of Himachal and Uttarakhand near Tibet border
* [[Saach Pass]], on border of Himachal and Uttarakhand south of Borasu pass  
* [[Rupin Pass]], in Uttarakhand near the Tibet border
* [[Pin Valley National Park]], and Pin Parvati Pass Uttarakhand are further south of Rupin pass

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{{Mountain passes of India}}

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[[Category:Mountain passes of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Geography of Kullu district]]
[[Category:Geography of Lahaul and Spiti district]]

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