Border Roads Organisation
Dated 17 months agoSays when snow is cleared and the road is restored
From tribuneindia.com · dated 24 May 2025 · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Open their pageSpiti circuit
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 Shimla, Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti or Kullu district, read 8 Oct, 2:04 pm. That is not the same as clear weather.
Who decides
Decides who may travel, travel windows and the winter closure
Their page says “Last updated 14 May 2024” · read 8 Oct, 1:57 pm
Open their pageDistrict administration, Lahaul and Spiti
Dated 2 years agoOpen or closed status of main roads, without dates per road
Their page says “Last updated 14 May 2024” · read 8 Oct, 1:57 pm
Open their pageLahaul and Spiti Police
No date foundRoad and weather advisories
From facebook.com · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Open their pageShow 2 more offices
Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department, National Highway wing
Dated 3 years agoClears landslides and restores traffic
From tribuneindia.com · dated 7 October 2023 · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Open their pageHimachal Pradesh Public Works Department
No date foundRoads open, blocked or restored
From hppwd.in · read 28 September 2026 · no rider has confirmed it
Open their pageWeather 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.
Nako11,890 ft · sunset 5:52 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | — | −5°C | 55 km/h |
| Fri 9 | 2 cm | 0°C | 37 km/h |
| Sat 10 | — | 0°C | 52 km/h |
Kaza11,950 ft · sunset 5:54 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | under 1 cm | −1°C | 39 km/h |
| Fri 9 | under 1 cm | −1°C | 38 km/h |
| Sat 10 | — | 0°C | 30 km/h |
Losar13,430 ft · sunset 5:55 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | under 1 cm | −4°C | 63 km/h |
| Fri 9 | under 1 cm | −5°C | 55 km/h |
| Sat 10 | — | −4°C | 41 km/h |
Kunzum La14,910 ft · sunset 5:55 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | under 1 cm | −7°C | 46 km/h |
| Freezing level below the pass | |||
| Fri 9 | under 1 cm | −7°C | 32 km/h |
| Freezing level below the pass | |||
| Sat 10 | — | −8°C | 26 km/h |
| Freezing level below the pass | |||
Batal13,100 ft · sunset 5:55 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | under 1 cm | −6°C | 50 km/h |
| Fri 9 | under 1 cm | −3°C | 36 km/h |
| Sat 10 | — | −2°C | 30 km/h |
Gramphu10,940 ft · sunset 5:57 pm
| Day | Snow | Low | Gusts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | 3 cm | 1°C | 49 km/h |
| Fri 9 | — | −1°C | 43 km/h |
| Sat 10 | — | 0°C | 40 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.
Were motorcycles allowed?
- May 2026Connected. Motorcycles not yet allowed, or not named. tribuneindia.com
- Nov 2025Closed for winter tribuneindia.com
- 24 May 2025Connected. Motorcycles not yet allowed, or not named. tribuneindia.com
Each line links to the order or news report it came from.
When it opened before
6 years- 2026Connected May
- 2025Connected 24 May · closed November
- 2024Open to bikes 18 June · closed 23 November
- 2023Connected 30 May · closed October
- 2022Connected 3 May · closed October
- 2021Connected May · closed November
Kunzum La is cleared by the Border Roads Organisation in late May or June and shut by district order in November; the Shimla side through Kinnaur stays open most of the year.
Notes and sources for each year
- 2026. Light four-wheel-drive vehicles allowed by 20 May. An unopened blog page gives 12 May. Season still running on 28 September 2026. tribuneindia.com highdairies.com
- 2025. Four-wheel-drive only at first. Shut by snow 6 to 14 October, then reopened for four-wheel-drive. Closed in the first week of November. tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com
- 2024. All kinds of vehicles allowed from 18 June. Travel windows set on 19 November, formal closure on 23 November. tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com tribuneindia.com
- 2023. Restored for four-wheel-drive vehicles first. Closing month is from a blog table. tribuneindia.com discoverwithdheeraj.com
- 2022. Opening date is from a blog table only. A newspaper puts the closure in mid-October 2022; the blog says November. discoverwithdheeraj.com tribuneindia.com
- 2021. Blog table gives late May and November. In March 2021 the Border Roads Organisation had aimed for 15 April. discoverwithdheeraj.com tribuneindia.com
A date that is missing means no source gave one. It does not mean the road stayed shut.