| Km | Marker | Height[m] | Place | Description | Road condition |
0 | - | 1310 | Kashgar | Highway 315, In Kashgar Jiefang Nan Lu
Until km 120 many small villages | Asphalt, very good road. Lot's of noisy traffic | 70 | 2947 | 1330 | Yengisar | Big village, good shops | 120 | 2898 | 1400 | | start desert, get water | 173 | 2845 | 1280 | Quarak | Water. From here on again manz villages | 194 | 2826 | 1260 | Yarkand | Turn off left into town, or right arround town. Hotel, shops, restaurants | 225 | 2796 | 1300 | Zepu | Big town. Hotels, shops, restaurants | 262 | - | 1340 | Yencheng | Hotel, shops, restaurant.
Left through town, tehn straight ahead for about 5km until there is the urn off | 268 | 0 | 1350 | Aba | Turn right for highway 219. No water until km 331 (except brown river) | Asphalt, good road | 294 | 25 | 1600 | | Army camp | 325 | 56 | 1890 | | Village | 331 | 62 | 1990 | | Village. simple shops, bread! | 340 | 71 | 2120 | Pusha | Simple shops, bread! | 362 | 93 | 2570 | | Asphalt ends | OK road | 369 | 100 | 2690 | Akmeqit | Shop at the beginning to the right | Good road | 381 | 112 | 3300 | Kudie Pass | GPS: N 37° 05.372' E 76° 56.053' | 395 | 126 | 2570 | | Village | OK road | 400 | 131 | 2560 | | Army camp, lowest point | 402 | 133 | 2590 | | Asphalt start! | Asphalt, very good | 429 | 160 | 2970 | Kudie | Shops, restaurants, army-checkpoint at the end of the village | 463 | 194 | 4030 | | startswitchbanks, end of asphalt | good road | 475 | 206 | 4500 | | road maintenance camp | 486 | 217 | 4980 | Chiragsaldi Pass | GPS: N 36° 34.745' E 77° 00.190' | little bit bumpy | 496 | 227 | 4550 | | end of switchbanks | good road | 510 | 241 | 3800 | Mazar | shops, restaurants | gravel and washboard | 523 | 254 | 3860 | | deserted truck stopp | 540 | 271 | 3960 | | deserted truck stopp | 558 | 289 | 4070 | | road maintenance camp | 561 | 292 | 4090 | | start climbing | good road | 578 | 309 | 4955 | Kirgizjangal Duban | GPS: N 36° 25.850' E 77° 34.691' | 593 | 324 | 4420 | | deserted house | little bit sandy | 609 | 340 | 3950 | | road maintenance camp | 624 | 355 | 3615 | | valley, lowest point | 633 | 364 | 3670 | Xaidulla | shops, restaurants | tyring bumpy | 679 | 410 | 3860 | | deserted houses | slightly better | 694 | 425 | 4290 | Kosbel Pass | GPS: N 36° 13.192' E 78° 39.225' | 706 | 437 | 4030 | | road maintenance camp, end of downhill | 756 | 487 | 4220 | Dahongliuian | shops, restaurants | quite good road | 781 | 512 | 4680 | | road maitenance camp | 787 | 518 | 4945 | | enter Aksai Chin plateau | 805 | 536 | 5190 | Khitai Pass | GPS: N 35° 41.098' E 79° 29.570' | little bit sandy | 807 | 538 | 4930 | | end descending | 812 | 543 | 4930 | | water spring in curve | 846 | 577 | 4850 | Tianshuihai | army base a liittle bit off the road, water | often sandy, but goood parallel trails | 899 | 630 | 4960 | | start climbing | quite good road | 916 | 647 | 5030 | | water | 929 | 660 | 5075 | | lake | 939 | 670 | 5200 | Pass | GPS: N 34° 46.234' E 80° 07.130' | 941 | 672 | 5130 | Tielong | lake, river | 944 | 675 | 5150 | | shops, restaurants, accomodation | 957 | - | 5350 | Satsum La | GPS: N 34° 41.122' E 80° 16.826' | 970 | - | 5170 | | highest point | 974 | 705 | 5115 | | border to Tibet (gate) | sandy, bumpy | 981 | 712 | 5080 | | start climbing, lake | 984 | - | 5170 | | little pass, sign 'Changtang res.' | OK road | 989 | 720 | 5265 | Pass | GPS: N 34° 30.929' E 80° 23.775' | 994 | 725 | 5200 | | lowest point | 999 | 730 | 5230 | Smuxi | simple restaurant, river | 1010 | - | 5400 | Qieshan La | GPS: N 34° 20.519' E 80° 22.923' | bad road | 1097 | 828 | 4450 | Domar | shops, restaurants, accomodation, checkpoint | 1114 | 845 | 4655 | Pass | GPS: N 33° 37.922' E 80° 22.268' | 1129 | 860 | 4330 | | main valley | 1164 | 895 | 4250 | Pang gong | lake | 1187 | 918 | 4250 | | fish restauranr (not recomended) | 1202 | - | 4350 | Rutok | shops, restaurants, hotel | very bad road. Later ofter better parallel trails | 1291 | 1022 | 4840 | Lame La | GPS: N 32° 43.255' E 79° 50.915' | 1327 | 1058 | 4300 | Ali | shops, restaurants, hotels, internet | paved! | 1351 | 1082 | 4720 | Pass | GPS: N 32° 19.392' E 80° 00.431' | 1362 | 1093 | 4280 | | end descending | 1390 | 1121 | 4350 | | bridge | 1400.5 | 1131 | 4390 | | turn off rigt to Tielong | 1402 | 1133 | 4390 | Namru | shops restaurants | 1409 | 1184 | 4730 | Pass | asphalt ends some km further | OK road | 1462 | 1237 | 4575 | Songsha | army base, shop, turn off to Tielong | 1471 | 1246 | 4630 | | some houses, shop | 1488 | 1263 | 4820 | Jerko La | GPS: N 31° 20.824' E 80° 36.130' | getting worse | 1512 | 1287 | 4445 | Moincer | shops, restaurants, accomodation, turn off to Tirthapuri (8km) | 1527 | - | 4630 | | bridge over river | 1529 | - | 4620 | | bridge over river | 1546 | - | 4740 | | river crossing | 1554 | - | 4820 | Pass | view Kailash GPS: N 31° 00.689' E 81° 07.732' | 1566 | - | 4630 | | First turn off to Darchen, take it | bad rod | 1574 | - | 4680 | Darchen | shops, restaurants, guesthouses, starting point for Kailash kora | 1577 | - | 4620 | | back on the 219, some river crossings follow | 1596 | - | 4620 | Barka | shops, restaurants | 1618 | - | 4600 | Huore | shops, restaurants, hotels | 1644 | - | 4770 | | crossroads, go straight ahead | 1661 | - | 4860 | | highest point | better for short only | 1664 | - | 4800 | Kongyn Tso | lake | first 10km very bad, then getting better | 1691 | - | 4930 | | bridge over river, last water until 5km after the pass | 1705 | - | 5225 | Mayum La | GPS: N 30° 36.345' E 82° 26.216' | bad road | 1725 | - | 4880 | | single house, some beverages for sale | 1729 | - | 4880 | | checkpoint, bridge 1km further | 1747 | - | 4805 | | highest point | 1773 | - | 4650 | | bridge over river, tents with shops | 1816 | - | 4610 | | big bridge | slightly better, but sandy | 1834 | - | 4600 | Paryang | shops, restaurants, hotels | 1856 | - | 4780 | Soge La | GPS: N 29° 56.752' E 83° 38.174' | 1871 | - | 4600 | | single houses | 1875 | - | 4730 | Pass | GPS: N 29° 52.047' E 83° 47.287' | alternating OK & bad | 1901 | - | 4590 | | Turn off to New Zhongba (6km) where there are good shops, restaurants and hotels | 1924 | 1704 | 4580 | Zhongba | shops, restaurants, hotels, markers start again | sandy | 1941 | 1721 | 4730 | | road maintenance camp | 1947 | 1727 | 4925 | Sing La | GPS: N 29° 36.946' E 84° 23.131' | 1961 | 1741 | 4550 | | lowest point | 1980 | 1760 | 4600 | Niugu | simple shops, restaurants | 2010 | 1790 | 4620 | | road meets bigger river | big stones | 2014 | 1794 | 4595 | | ruins | 2021 | 1801 | 4585 | | bridge over river | 2039 | 1819 | 4625 | Dargyeling | shop, restaurant | OK Strasse | 2058 | 1838 | 4900 | Pass | | 2067 | 1847 | 4515 | Saga | good shops, restaurants, hotels, internet. Here you leave hwy 219 | 2070 | - | 4480 | | bridge over Brahmaputra | good road | 2089 | - | 4760 | Pang La | GPS: N 29° 14.497' E 85° 19.943' | 2094 | - | 4535 | | village, shop | lower part stony and rough, upper part good | 2100 | - | 4840 | Pass | GPS: N 29° 11.154' E 85° 21.873' | OK road | 2107 | - | 4700 | Lodu Loney Tso | lake | 2131 | 60 | 4690 | | road maintenance camp | 2138 | - | 4860 | | turn off to the right to Zhongmu | 2145 | - | 4935 | Pass | GPS: N 28° 51.625' E 85° 26.371' | getting worse | 2160 | - | 4605 | | lowest point | bad, often sandy | 2167 | - | 4605 | | river, single house | 2189 | - | 4750 | | highest point | 2199 | - | 4675 | | park house, simple shop, accomodation | 2206 | - | 4680 | Bertse | little village about 1km off the road | getting better | 2217 | - | 4690 | | cross rive and keep to the left to reach friendship hwy towards Dingri. Or: turn right before river... | bad road | 2225 | - | 4750 | | river crossing | getting better | 2236 | 5282 | 4880 | | friendship hwy (km 5382) zwischen Lalung La und Nyalam Tong La |
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