Shingo La

Infobox Mountain Pass
Name = Shingo La
Photo = Lake-on-shingo-la.jpg
Caption = Lake on Shingo La
Elevation = Unit m | 5091 | 0
Location = Jammu and Kashmir, India
Range = Himalaya
Coordinates = coord|32.90917|77.20278|type:pass
Topographic

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Shingo-la is a mountain pass in India, on the border between Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. There is a shallow lake or pool 20m below the pass. The pass is on a long-distance footpath linking Zanskar and Lahaul, used often by locals and trekkers alike. For trekkers it is one of the technically easiest 5000m passes in Indian Himalaya, involving no glacier trekking nor steep climbs. There is snow on the pass all year round, although in the summer only a small stretch of snow has to be passed.

This pass may be considered as an entry point to Lugnak Valley in Zanskar. The nearest inhabited village on Zanskar side is Kuraigh and on the Lahaul side is Chakki. Both the villages which is around 8-10 hrs from the pass.

The Indian government is planning to build a road over Shingo La. Currently there is no road going south from Zanskar.However there is an unmetalled road till Zanskar Sumdo which is 6 hrs from this pass towards Darcha side. The four wheelers however can come till Palamao which is 10 miles from Zanskar Sumdo towards Darcha side.