Tabo, Chitkul, and the Villages of Winter Spiti

The Winter Spiti Road Trip covers terrain that most travellers only see in the summer season. In winter, the landscape is quieter, the roads are mostly empty, and the monasteries are accessible without the summer crowds.

**Chitkul**

Chitkul is the last inhabited village in the Baspa Valley — beyond it, the trail leads to the Indo-Tibet border. The village sits at 3,450 metres and is notable for its traditional Kinnauri architecture: slate roofs, carved wooden verandas, and small fields terraced into the hillside. The Baspa River runs through a wide glaciated valley to the south. In winter, the village is cold and quiet, with most of the farming families in residence through the snow months.