Solang Valley or Solang Nala, 13 km north of Manali town on Manali-Atal Tunnel highway, is a popular tourist destination of Manali. The valley is often referred to as adventure valley due to availability of almost all the adventure sports like skiing, paragliding, zorbing, horseriding, ATV (all-terrain-vehicles), snow scooter, mini-bunjee, grass skiing, river crossing, trekking, wall climbing etc. Solang is one of the most visited tourist destinations of Himachal Pradesh. Tourists visiting Rohtang pass also visit Solang after taking a left diversion from Palchan village bifurcation point. It is just 3km from Palchan. Solang nullah (nala) flows next to the main Solang ground. Solang village is on the other side of Solang river and is accessible after 20 minutes of steep trekking. Solang valley has a ropeway and ski-centre as well. The ropeway (gondola) takes tourists from main ground to Fatru, about 1km above, from where a panoramic view of the entire valley can be seen. A short trek to Anjani Mahadev Temple, where ice lingam is formed naturally during winter months, starts from Solang valley. Atal tunnel is just 10km north of the Solang. Lahaul valley is just 19km. A trek/hike to Patalsu peak also starts from Solang via Solang village. This trek is quite popular among the tourists. History of Solang Valley Solang used to be a popular grazing land for the local residents who used to bring their cattle and sheep here. The area was amazingly lush green pasture with an abundance of a variety of flora. Later many Bollywood shooting units captured the valley in their camera. It started attracting local visitors and soon it became a famous picnic spot. Some local youths started doing paragliding here which attracted adventure enthusiasts to the valley. Skiers also started developing the natural slopes. To encourage skiing, a bar
Solang Valley or Solang Nala, 13 km north of Manali town on Manali-Atal Tunnel highway, is a popular tourist destination of Manali. The valley is often referred to as adventure valley due to availability of almost all the adventure sports like skiing, paragliding, zorbing, horseriding, ATV (all-terrain-vehicles), snow scooter, mini-bunjee, grass skiing, river crossing, trekking,
The ground floors of houses in Solang and Kothi villages of Manali have buried under the white blanket as over 5ft of snow has accumulated here after many spells of very heavy snowfall since January. The snow accumulation below the roofs have reached 10 to 15ft. Snow has entered the balconies and verandahs. Snowfall is delighting tourists here but it has come as a disaster to Solang village of Manali where a house has demolished after landslides below the village, while another houses of the village is on verge of collapse. A house which can collapse any time has been vacated. The land has developed huge cracks which are advancing towards other houses. The house of Nokh Ram collapsed on Monday night. Fortunately they had already shifted to new house and were using it to store firewood and fodder. The family of Gokul Chand has evacuated the house for safety. Solang and Kothi villages have received over 20ft of snow since December and are still covered with over 4ft thick white blanket. The melting of the snow has triggered landslides below Solang village which is situated on the edge of the mountain, about 1,000ft above the valley. The village having about 50 houses has witnessed a massive avalanche after three decades. The terrified residents are still crossing 30ft high avalanche debris to reach home. “We have received such heavy snowfall after many years. From the backside we are under threat of avalanche and from front side the foundation of the whole village is sliding. The cracks on ground can be seen above the snow surface as well which has opened several feet wide. We are spending sleepless nights,” a resident of Solang village Roshan Lal said. With no road connectivity, Kothi residents had to stay indoors for many days in
The ground floors of houses in Solang and Kothi villages of Manali have buried under the white blanket as over 5ft of snow has accumulated here after many spells of very heavy snowfall since January. The snow accumulation below the roofs have reached 10 to 15ft. Snow has entered the balconies and verandahs. Snowfall is