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km-table kashgar-kathmandu
(updated to year 2001!)
this table was updated by martin adserballe during his journey from kashgar to kathmandu in summer 2001. he added some additonal points, remarks and especially the GPS datas. look also to janne corax km-table. notice that situation is always changing - especially in tibet. this table should be helpful for all hard-core-tibet-biker who are going through nightmare to cycle one of the most impressive and hardest roads of the world. all information are taken with care, but i take no responsibility for any mistake of course. additional infos or corrections are welcomed.
text formatted this way: important towns where you can get quite everything
| km - abs. | KM-marker | distance (km) | description | altitude (m) | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | KASHGAR | 1300 | highway 315 |
| 214 | - | 214 | yarkand | 1300 | turn left for this big town |
| 250 | 250 | 36 | yecheng | 1300 | end of highway 315, now highway 219.turn right just after end of town. |
| 275 | 25 | 25 | army base | - | - |
| 307 | 56 | 32 | village | - | - |
| 308 | 57 | 1 | end of asfalt | 1850 | - |
| 312 | 61 | 4 | village | - | basic food and beverage, shops, not friendly |
| 322 | 71 | 10 | village | - | basic food and beverage, shops |
| 325 | 74 | 3 | begin asfalt | - | |
| 344 | 93 | 19 | end of asfalt | - | until kilometer (abs): 2462 (barabhise) |
| 351 | 100 | 7 | akmeqit | - | nothing to buy |
| 355 | 104 | 4 | begin ascending to pass | - | - |
| 363 | 112 | 8 | pass | 3150 | - |
| 377 | 126 | 14 | village | 2400 | road-repair-station, end descending |
| 382 | 131 | 5 | army base | - | - |
| 413 | 161 | 31 | village | - | basic food and beverage, shops, army base,road-repair-station, restaurants |
| 431 | 179 | 18 | small army base | 3280 | maybe abonded now |
| 446 | 194 | 15 | begin ascend of pass | 3900 | - |
| 458 | 206 | 12 | small road repair station | 4300 | - |
| 469 | 217 | 11 | pass | 4740 | 4993 by GPS, switchboard road |
| 493 | 241 | 24 | mazar | 3600 | restaurants, small(!) shops. not that we ve expected!turn left for ali, right for K2. |
| 506 | 254 | 13 | truck stop | small restaurant, small shop in main building | |
| 542 | 289 | 36 | road-repair-station | 3860 | 3992 by GPS, uigur food, dirty dormitory |
| 545 | 292 | 3 | begin ascending pass | - | |
| 562 | 309 | 17 | pass | 4670 | 4955 by GPS, swichtboard |
| 577 | 324 | 15 | road-repair-station | - | not in use |
| 593 | 340 | 16 | road-repair-station | - | very friendly guys, play volleyball or chinese chess withthem! |
| 607 | 354 | 14 | end of descending | 3430 | - |
| 617 | 364 | 10 | xaldulla | 3450 | only important town until rutok xian, restaurants, shops,chocolate! |
| 680 | 425 | 63 | pass | 4100 | 4305 by GPS |
| 692 | 437 | 12 | kangxiwar | 3800 | road-repair-station, end descending |
| 744 | 487 | 52 | dahongliutan | 4000 | restaurants, shops but not much, dormitory |
| 770 | 512 | 26 | road-repair-station | 4500 | road-repair-station, truck driver will tell you itsKM 509 |
| 792 | 534 | 22 | pass | 5200 | 5215 by GPS, flat uphill |
| 795 | 537 | 3 | end of descending | 4940 | - |
| 801 | 543 | 6 | tent | - | basic food and beverage, very good |
| 836 | 577 | 35 | tianshuihai | - | military base, basic food in shelter near road |
| 891 | 630 | 55 | begin ascending to pass | - | - |
| 934 | 672 | 43 | tielong | 5200 | basic food and beverage, shops |
| 950 | 688 | 18 | pass | 5350 | 5356 by GPS |
| 974 | 712 | 22 | begin ascending pass | 4850 | - |
| 977 | 715 | 3 | 1st pass | 5100 | 5206 by GPS, border between xinjiang and tibet |
| 982 | 720 | 5 | 2nd pass | 5272 | by GPS |
| 992 | 730 | 10 | sumxi | - | basic food and beverage, dormitory, ask prices foreverything, rip-off place! river before town. |
| 1002 | 740 | 10 | pass | 5401 | by GPS, nomads around. highest pass on the west tibetsouthern route. |
| 1094 | 829 | 102 | domar | 4350 | military base, road-repair-station, basic food andbeverage, restaurants, no shop. |
| 1110 | 845 | 16 | pass | 5000 | 4664 by GPS, flat uphill |
| 1159 | 893 | 49 | house | - | basic food and beverage when open |
| 1161 | 895 | 2 | reaching nyak lake | - | - |
| 1184 | 918 | 23 | village | - | basic food and beverage, boats, dormitory. you can eat fishfrom the lake here! |
| 1199 | 933 | 15 | rutok xian | 4160 | occasional checkpoint PSB! you can getquite everything here. international calls, bank of china, market,shops. after the city turn left for ali. |
| 1227 | 960 | 28 | nomad tents | - | - |
| 1229 | 962 | 2 | tibetan houses | - | - |
| 1289 | 1020 | 60 | pass | 4800 | flat uphill until 1km before top |
| 1330 | 1060 | 41 | ALI | 4370 | capital of ali prefecture. everything,incl. hot shower and backpacker girls. |
| 1354 | missing | 24 | pass | 4735 | by GPS. turn left after ali for shortcut. dontfollow telephone lines for 41 km longer nightmare road! |
| 1359 | missing | 5 | main road | 4285 | by GPS. very sandy and steep. descend of pass |
| 1365 | missing | 6 | basic food and beverage | 4430 | - |
| 1387 | missing | 22 | basic food and beverage | - | - |
| 1395 | 1164 | 8 | bridge | - | end of short cut |
| 1408 | 1175 | 11 | gar | - | old village |
| 1412 | 1140 | 4 | gar | - | new village |
| 1436 | 1164 | 24 | bridge | - | just finished! short cut from ali |
| 1447 | 1175 | 11 | namru | - | old village, turn off to thoeling |
| 1450 | 1178 | 3 | namu | - | new village, noodles, drinks |
| 1456 | 1184 | 6 | pass | 4670 | - |
| 1466 | 1194 | 10 | army base | 4480 | - |
| 1477 | 1205 | 11 | basic food and beverage | - | - |
| 1510 | 1237 | 33 | army base | - | basic food and beverage, shop |
| 1519 | 1246 | 9 | pass | 4720 | - |
| 1533 | 1260 | 14 | pass | 4820 | - |
| 1559 | 1285 | 26 | misar | - | important town. restaurants and shops. turn off totirthapuri hot springs |
| 1604 | missing | 45 | pass | 4900 | 4820 by GPS |
| 1619 | missing | 15 | turn off darchen | - | after rivercrossing. very bad road on downhill section. |
| 1625 | missing | 6 | darchen | 4600 | restaurants, shops, clothes. big rivercrossing just beforetown, small ones after town. |
| 1645 | missing | 20 | turn off to purang | - | - |
| 1648 | missing | 3 | checkpoint | - | turnoff to purang |
| 1649 | missing | 1 | barga | - | shops, restaurant, gazoline station |
| 1674 | missing | 25 | horqu | - | shops, restaurant. stock up with supplies here. turn leftinto the valley after town, not around the lake. |
| 1736 | 62 | lake | - | catch fish by hand! very sandy road. | |
| 1772 | missing | 98 | mayun pass | 5250 | 5215 by GPS |
| 1792 | missing | 20 | tents and house | - | basic food and beverage |
| 1844 | missing | 52 | tents | - | basic food and beverage, shops, guesthouse. rivercrossing. |
| 1887 | missing | 43 | checkpoint | - | just after crossing the bridge |
| 1908 | missing | 21 | paryang | 4630 | basic food and beverage, hotels |
| 1931 | missing | 23 | pass | 4800 | 4777 by GPS |
| 1945 | missing | 14 | basic food and beverage | - | - |
| 1952 | missing | 7 | pass | 4800 | 4727 by GPS |
| 1984 | missing | 32 | turn off to new zhongba | - | big shops, restaurants, road-repair-station, internationalcalls. 7 km retour. |
| 2002 | 1703 | 18 | first marker after misar | - | turn left for town just after entering the big plateau. 5kmto town, shortcut back to main road. |
| 2003 | 1703 | 1 | old zhongba | - | basic food and beverage, shop, road-repair-station |
| 2021 | 1721 | 18 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2026 | 1726 | 5 | pass | 5000 | 4912 by GPS |
| 2035 | 1735 | 9 | end of descend | 4580 | by GPS |
| 2045 | 1745 | 19 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2054 | 1754 | 9 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2059 | 1759 | 5 | niugu | - | basic food and beverage, shop, road-repair-station |
| 2089 | 1799 | 30 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2100 | 1810 | 11 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2119 | 1829 | 19 | village | - | basic food and beverage, ambulance |
| 2122 | 1832 | 3 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2135 | 1845 | 1845 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2137 | 1847 | 2 | pass | 4930 | 4811 by GPS |
| 2145 | 1855 | 8 | saga | 4510 | important town. restaurants and shops,etc. turn off to zhangmu. end of highway 219 |
| 2147 | missing | 2 | ferry crossing | - | 2,5 Y per vehicle or free |
| 2170 | missing | 23 | pass | 4830 | 4768 by GPS |
| 2175 | missing | 5 | end descending | 4530 | |
| 2182 | missing | 7 | pass | 4860 | very bad road! |
| 2187 | missing | 5 | first marker: 53 | - | - |
| 2215 | 59 | 28 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2222 | 66 | 7 | turn off to zhangmu | - | - |
| 2231 | missing | 8 | pass | 4946 | by GPS |
| 2282 | missing | 60 | nature preserve center | - | basic food and beverage, sleep when open. checkpoint? |
| 2306 | missing | 24 | roadsplit | - | turn left up into the pass just after the bridge |
| 2313 | missing | 7 | pass | 5011 | by GPS |
| 2316 | 5266 | 4 | reaching highway 318 | 4600 | begin ascending pass |
| 2327 | 5277 | 11 | pass | 5150 | 5025 by GPS |
| 2332 | 5282 | 5 | road-repair-station | 4900 | end of descending, begin of ascending. basic food andbeverage. sleep. 4882 by GPS |
| 2339 | 5289 | 7 | pass | 5120 | |
| 2353 | 5303 | 14 | village | 4580 | road-repair-station |
| 2361 | 5311 | 8 | village | - | shop |
| 2368 | 5318 | 7 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2376 | 5326 | 8 | road-repair-station | - | army base |
| 2387 | 5337 | 11 | road-repair-station | - | - |
| 2395 | 5345 | 8 | nyalam | 3810 | important town. checkpoint beforeentering the town. |
| 2426 | 5375 | 31 | checkpoint | - | - |
| 2427 | 5376 | 1 | zhangmu | 2800 | important town, chinese border |
| 2435 | 8 | 8 | kodari | - | nepalese border town |
| 2462 | 85 | 27 | barabhise | - | begin of asfalt |
| 2487 | 60 | 25 | pass | - | - |
| 2491 | 56 | 4 | bridge | 640 | by GPS. lowest point of entire route! |
| 2502 | 45 | 15 | pass | - | - |
| 2517 | 30 | 15 | pass | - | - |
| 2547 | 0 | 30 | KATHMANDU | 1200 | - |
