Uttarakhand Road Status & Closures

Snow fell again at Adi Kailash (about 14,500 ft) around 8 am on 10 Oct, Amar Ujala reported from Dharchula. Cover in the area is now 3–4 ft and temperatures were about −2 to −3°C. Cloud hid the peak in the morning; once it cleared in the afternoon, more than 100 pilgrims had darshan. Snow has piled up on the short path to the Shiv-Parvati temple, some local eateries have shut, and the Army and ITBP are serving refreshments. The report did not mention permits or road conditions. We found no report of permits resuming after the 9 Oct halt, so check with the SDM office in Dharchula before setting out. Also plan around 19–26 Oct: SDM Dharchula has said inner line permits in that window go only to Adi Kailash Parikrama Run participants and support staff (reported 28 Sep).

Heavy rain early on Friday, 9 Oct, brought down boulders at Gaskoo and Malghat on the Tawaghat–Gunji road (the Adi Kailash / Om Parvat road) at about 5 AM. BRO crews, helped by Pangla police, reopened Gaskoo at 9:30 AM and Malghat at 12:45 PM, per SDM Dharchula — roughly eight hours of disruption for hundreds of travellers. Follow-up on the 2 Oct Mangti Nala slide: we found no report since then of the road still being blocked there. A 5 Oct report put Adi Kailash arrivals at 500+ pilgrims a day, with snow cleared up to Jolingkong and the Shiv-Parvati Kund. We have not seen an official reopening notice, so confirm with the Dharchula administration before setting off. The 12 km Nabhidhang–Lipulekh stretch was still snowbound at that report. Also on 9 Oct: local taxi unions agreed that all legal vehicles may ply the Adi Kailash route if registered with the Adi Kailash Taxi Union. IMD warns of thunderstorms and gusty winds in Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag on 10 Oct, with rain/snow possible above 3,800 m.

The Pithoragarh district administration stopped issuing inner line permits for the Adi Kailash Yatra after the weather turned on Tuesday, 6 Oct. Amar Ujala (7 Oct) reports snowfall at high altitude in the Adi Kailash, Vyas and Darma valleys, light rain around the district headquarters and a sharp drop in temperature at Kuti. Before the halt, Dharchula SDM Ashish Joshi put the day's count at 425 permits by 5 pm, and the administration said more than 800 pilgrims were in the Adi Kailash area. We found no report that explicitly confirms the Mangti Nala stretch (blocked on 2 Oct) has been fully restored, although permits were being issued and pilgrims were moving beyond Dharchula on 5–6 Oct. No date for resuming permits has been announced. Do not set out from Dharchula without checking with the SDM office or your operator.

A fresh landslide at Mangti Nala on the Dharchula–Gunji road (Pithoragarh district) cut the Adi Kailash and Om Parvat route on 2 October 2026. More than 350 pilgrims were held at the KMVN base camp in Dharchula while officials monitored the slope before letting vehicles continue towards Gunji. The block came just after the BRO had cleared snow between Kuti and Jolingkong; about 8 km of that stretch was still reported under heavy snow. Inner line permit issuance had resumed. No reopening of the Mangti Nala stretch had been reported in the sources we checked on 5 October, so confirm with the Dharchula administration or KMVN before you travel.