From Litang to Garze via Bayu, Dege and the Tro La pass



Roadbook
km altitude (m) comment
000 3966 Litang (shops rest. hotel web)
007 4319 pass
016 4031 turn left (road to Garze)
032 4121 straight on (piste from right)
041 4421 asphalt end
043 4477 pass
051 3951 asphalt start, some gravel parts further
057 3702 small village
078 3073 Junba village (shop)
079 3069 follow the river on the right side
087 2889 bridge & checkpoint, turn left
093 2929 Heping, small village (shop)
132 3016 bridge, turn left
133 3007 turn right into sidevalley
145 3264 gorge
148 3333 Picha, stonecarver (shop)
149 3352 Picha, small village (shop)
162 3652 turn left before river / village, asphalt end, start steep climb
165 3783 Lama monastery
181 4600 pass (marshy plain)
184 4570 start downhill
187 4449 small river crossing, better road farther
196 4238 straight on
198 4208 Juni (school)
203 4186 plain end, start river valley
211 4111 turn left, cross bridge
227 4014 follow the river on the right side
232 3960 bridge, turn right (start big road)
236 3944 bridge
237 3962 Yaqing, teaching and pilgrimage center (shops, simple accom.)
243 3912 bridge, short climb
245 3982 road from Garze, turn left, asphalt start
253 3898 petrol station
254 3880 bridge, low point
255 3891 Anzra village (shops & rest.)
262 4282 asphalt end
270 4613 pass
280 4186 asphalt start
304 3505 small village & bridge (shop)
337 3276 small village (shop)
341 3211 gravel & asphalt in change til Ronggai
350 3117 road from Batang, straight on
351 3110 Ronggai checkpoint
356 3073 bridge
364 3019 petrol station
365 3015 Bayu (shops rest. web hotel), asphalt end after town
373 2972 reach Jingsha Jiang (Yangtze River)
393 2993 cross bridge, turn left
404 3016 cross bridge, turn left
423 3045 small village
441 3059 reach 217 (bridge over Yangtze to the T.A.R.), turn right, asphalt start
454 3134 small village (shop)
464 3253 Dege (shops rest. web hotel)
468 3283 petrol station
493 3504 small village (shop)
518 4114 asphalt end
537 4900 Tro La pass, asphalt starts 17km after pass
567 4027 Yilhun Lhatso glacier lake
579 3886 Manigango (shops rest. hotel) road from Yushu
581 3868 petrol station after bridge
605 3712 Cuotang small village
612 3645 low point, start climb
620 4045 pass
638 3524 Kargang, small village (shop, simple rest. & fruit)
668 3353 bridge
670 3355 Garze (shops web hotel ATM)