Spiti and Kinnaur
Shimla
The desk, the first night, and the reason a Spiti bike tour should not begin in a hurry.
Places
Towns on a Spiti bike tour.
Shimla and Manali are the doors. Kalpa, Tabo, Kaza, Key, Chandratal, and Chitkul are the nights the road is built around.
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Manali
The other door into Spiti. Useful, loud, and the wrong place to meet the pass on the same afternoon you arrive.
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Kalpa
The first high night on the Kinnaur road, under a mountain that does not need you to climb it.
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Kaza
The only real town in Spiti. A rest, a market, a fuel pump, and the reason the longer tours exist.
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Tabo
A monastery older than most of the stories told about it, and a night that is quieter than Kaza.
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Key Monastery
The monastery on the ridge above the Spiti river, and a climb we do not add to an already long day.
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Chandratal
The high lake. Beautiful, cold, and a place with rules that are not suggestions.
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Chitkul
The last village on the Baspa. A side road, a river, and a night that is not Spiti and does not need to be.