Sasser Pass

Sasser Pass

Infobox Mountain Pass
Name = Sasser Pass
Photo = Sasser Pass, Nubra ca. 1857.jpg
Caption = Sasser Pass, Nubra c. 1857
Elevation = 5411 m./17,753 ft.
Location = India
Range = Karakorum Range
Coordinates =
Topographic

Traversed by =

Sasser Pass or Saser-la (el. 5411 m./17,753 ft.) is a high mountain pass in India on the ancient summer caravan route from Ladakh to Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. It leads from the head of the Nubra Valley into the upper Shyok valley, on the way to the even higher, but easier, Karakorum Pass.

:"This was the notorious Sasser, not the highest but probably the most impressive and dangerous [of the passes along the caravan route between Ladakh and Yarkand] ." [Keay, John. "When Men and Mountains Meet", p. 182. (1977) Reprint: Oxford University Press. Karachi, 1993. ISBN 0-19-577465-5. ]

Sasser Pass could not be avoided in summer and took a huge toll of caravan pack animals such as ponies and mules. It was too icy for the Bactrian camels which were the usual pack animals to the north of the Sasser Pass.

References


*"Trails to Inmost Asia: Five Years of Exploration with the Roerich Central Asian Expedition". George N. Roerich. 1931. Reprint by Book Faith India, Delhi. 1996. ISBN 81-7303-032-4.
*"Trans-Himalayan Caravans: Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh". Janet Rizvi. Oxford University Press. New Delhi. 1999. ISBN 0-19-564855-2.


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