Thread: Garmin BiciMapas HIMALAYA GPS ATLAS 2010+GPS Atlas ES v 1.0 update 14.12.2010

Garmin HIMALAYA GPS ATLAS 2010

MAP FEATURES

This initial release includes the following routes: Manali-Leh, Leh-Srinagar, Spiti & Kinnaur and the Friendship Highway (Lhasa to Kathmandu passing by the Chinese Mount Everest Base Camp). The Karakoram Highway, Sikkim and Bhutan routes will be added shortly.
Auto routing and navigation feature for all the roads included in the map
Points of Interest data base such as hotels, guest houses, Internet Cafes, parachute tent settlements, restaurants, shops, drinking water sources, camp sites, gas/petrol stations, banks and ATMs, hospitals, government buildings, Gompas and monasteries, and more
Street detail for cities such as Manali, Leh, Kathmandu and Lhasa
Side routes to Khardung La, Pangong Tso & Nubra Valley as well as Tso Moriri and Tso Kar.
Important landmarks along the different routes,mountains, lakes, dams, rivers and so forth
Airports and bus stations
International and state boundaries, lakes and rivers.
Contours at 50 meter (164 ft) interval


ROUTE OVERVIEW

Manali - Leh

The classic Himalayan ride. 475km of mountains, glaciers and 5,000m passes - all you'd expect from the second highest road in the world. Begins in Himachal Pradesh, ends in the ancient mountain kingdom of Ladakh - threshold of Tibet, China and Central Asia. Takes 8-10 days. With optional side routes to Pangong Tso, Nubra Valley, Tso Moriri and Tso Kar.

Spiti & Kinnaur

Even more remote than the Manali-Leh Highway, the valleys of Spiti and Lahaul have only recently opened up to foreigners. This 1,000km loop starts in Manali, heads east to Tibet then loops west again along the old Hindustan-Tibet Highway. Plenty of side valleys and rock hopping to keep you amused. Takes up to 4 weeks.

Leh - Khardung La

The highest road pass in the world at an extraordinary 5,602m. India would have you believe this is the highest road in the world, although Bolivia might disagree. Khardung La is the pass from the Indus Valley to the lush Nubra Valley, and from it you can see over the Karakoram range, home of K2. Takes 1 day.

Leh - Srinagar

Once rivalling Manali - Leh as the classic ride of the Indian Himalaya. Excellent tarmac surface passing through a stunning landscape of pea-green glacial rivers, crumpled mountain sides the texture of a rhino hide and the wonderful gompas of Lamayuru, Alchi, Likkir and Basgo.

Friendship Highway

Starting in Lhasa and finishing in Kathmandu, two of the most exotic sounding cities in the Himalaya, this long ride rarely drops below 4000m, making it the highest route in the book.



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