District Police Kargil
Dated 18 months agoRoad closures and colour-coded alerts
From voiceofladakh.in · dated 20 April 2025 · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Open their pageKargil to Padum
Is it open?
Is it open?
We link, we do not guessWe do not say open or closed
Conditions change by the hour. Below are official alerts in force, and the offices that decide.
Official alerts
None in force for this road
No alert from the government’s feed for Kargil or Zanskar district, read 8 Oct, 2:04 pm. That is not the same as clear weather.
Who decides
Maintains the highway
From en.wikipedia.org · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Traffic Police, Ladakh Police
No date foundTraffic management; headquartered in Kargil
From police.ladakh.gov.in · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Open their pageZanskar district administration, Padum
No date foundDistrict formed on 27 April 2026; its road announcements were not found
From en.wikipedia.org · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Weather at the passes
Next 3 daysA forecast, not a road status
Snow on the forecast does not mean the road is shut, and none does not mean it is open.
Panikhar10,760 ft · sunset 6:01 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | 2 cm | −5°C | 54 km/h |
| Fri 9 | — | −1°C | 23 km/h |
| Sat 10 | under 1 cm | −2°C | 39 km/h |
Rangdum13,180 ft · sunset 5:59 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | 5 cm | −5°C | 45 km/h |
| Fri 9 | — | −12°C | 17 km/h |
| Sat 10 | under 1 cm | −14°C | 23 km/h |
Pensi La14,680 ft · sunset 6:00 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | 3 cm | −12°C | 63 km/h |
| Freezing level below the pass | |||
| Fri 9 | — | −15°C | 14 km/h |
| Freezing level below the pass | |||
| Sat 10 | — | −11°C | 40 km/h |
| Freezing level below the pass | |||
Padum11,700 ft · sunset 5:58 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | under 1 cm | −2°C | 58 km/h |
| Fri 9 | 3 cm | 0°C | 23 km/h |
| Sat 10 | — | 1°C | 30 km/h |
From Open-Meteo, read 8 Oct, 2:04 pm, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Global weather models, a grid about 10 km apart: a pass can be colder and windier than this.
Riders’ sightings
Not officialNo rider has told us what they saw on this road yet. What they send is kept apart from the offices above.
When it opened before
1 year- 2025Not yet entered
Pensi La is open for six to seven months; guides give early June to October, but dated opening and closing announcements were found for one year only.
Notes and sources for each year
- 2025. Closed by police red alert on 20 April after snow. An operator log records the Padum to Kargil road open on 15 May, 1 July and 16 September. No source names motorcycles. voiceofladakh.in discoverlehladakh.in
A date that is missing means no source gave one. It does not mean the road stayed shut.