About Kinnaur
THE KINNAUR DISTRICT IS LOCATED IN THE REMOTE SOUTH-EASTERN CORNER OF THE INDIAN STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH IN WESTERN HIMALAYA
Hike along raging Himalayan creeks into forested valleys with the backdrop of giant mountains
The Kinnaur region is adjacent to the Tibetan border and three roughly parallel mountain ranges, the Zanskar, the Great Himalaya, and the Dhauladhar Ranges ranging in altitude from 5,180-6,770 meters (16,994- 22,211 feet). The Sutlej River is the easternmost and longest of the five tributaries of the Indus River flowing out of Tibet into India at Shipki La (Pass) draining Kinnaur. As we follow this roaring, meandering river on our way into Kinnaur, we’ll immerse ourselves in the lifeline of the valley.
A way of life rapidly changing…
Once-remote villagers now live on the cusp of the global economy. As younger generations rapidly adopt modernization and new values, environmental risks may force adapting to a new way of life.
After India’s Independence in 1947, Kinnaur transitioned from subsistence agro-pastoralism to a cash-based economy in the 1950s, with the introduction of apples as a cash crop.
Apple production proved to be an economic boon to the region, but now, as climate change and global competition loom, many villages, especially in lower elevations, who once prospered from the apple economy, face risk and uncertainty
