Sach Pass and Pangi valley

Is it open?

We link, we do not guess

We 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 Chamba or Kishtwar district, read 8 Oct, 2:00 pm. That is not the same as clear weather.

Who decides

Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department, Pangi and Churah divisions

Dated 5 months ago

Snow clearance, reopening, and fitness of the road for heavy vehicles

From tribuneindia.com · dated 11 May 2026 · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it

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Deputy Commissioner, Chamba

Dated 22 months ago

Winter closure order and reopening to light vehicles

From tribuneindia.com · dated 3 December 2024 · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it

Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department

No date found

Roads open, blocked or restored

From hppwd.in · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it

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Border Roads Organisation

Dated 3 years ago

Clears snow and landslides and restores the road

From tribuneindia.com · dated 28 February 2024 · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it

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Weather at the passes

Next 3 days

A forecast, not a road status

Snow on the forecast does not mean the road is shut, and none does not mean it is open.

Sach Pass14,420 ft · sunset 6:01 pm

Day	Snow	Low	Gusts
Thu 8	3 cm	−6°C	36 km/h
	Freezing level below the pass
Fri 9	—	−7°C	35 km/h
	Freezing level below the pass
Sat 10	under 1 cm	−5°C	32 km/h
	Freezing level below the pass

From Open-Meteo, read 8 Oct, 2:00 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 official

No rider has told us what they saw on this road yet. What they send is kept apart from the offices above.

Were motorcycles allowed?

May 2026Connected. Motorcycles not yet allowed, or not named. tribuneindia.com
May 2025Connected. Motorcycles not yet allowed, or not named. tribuneindia.com
30 Nov 2024Closed for winter tribuneindia.com

Each line links to the order or news report it came from.

When it opened before

5 years

2026Connected May
2025Connected May
2024Connected 8 June · closed 30 November
2023Connected 3 July
2022Connected 27 April

The Public Works Department cuts through the snow between late April and early July, and the road shuts again with the first heavy snow between October and early December.

Notes and sources for each year

2026. A report of 11 May says light vehicles were let through that week; a July report says late April. Buses from 1 July. Season still running. tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com
2025. Declared open to light vehicles in the last week of May. Blocked by snow on 6 October 2025; the final closing date was not found. tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com
2024. Light vehicles from 8 June, buses from 20 July. Shut from 30 November; closure order issued 3 December. tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com
2023. Opening date is quoted in a 2024 report. Closing date not found. tribuneindia.com
2022. Opened to light vehicles only. Closing date not found. tribuneindia.com himachalheadlines.com

A date that is missing means no source gave one. It does not mean the road stayed shut.