Drive across the pass Fotu la

When descending from the pass Namika la you get to the valley ending a few tens of kilometers in the main valley of Indus. However, you will continue on upstream the river springing far below the pass Kanji La.

Then follows more than ten -kilometer long passage from Khangral to Heniskot, where is the valley wide and fully utilized by local farmers. It looks quite picturesque here.

A few kilometers behind Heniskot turns into the narrow valley a trekking route (nowadays typical road) to the village of Kanji, from where it is possible to get over the pass Kanji la to Rangdum in  Suru valley. Farther on is another even narrower valley, but where no quality-path leads. From here start the twists to the pass Fotu la itself.

The road through the mountain passes of Ladakh is characterized is typical also by frequent traffic jams. When you are not waiting for removal of landslide and expansion of the road, there are endless convoys of military vehicles, which, of course, have the highest priority.

The previous pass Namika la has a solitary mountain next to it, Fotu la has sharp ridge ended with a completely weathered hill.
 

Fotu la pass (4,094 m asl) is naturally beautified by prayer flags fluttering in the wind and bollard certifying that you stand on the highest point on the road from Srinagar to Leh.

In the distance you can see the destination of this stage – monastery and town Lamayuru,