Kargil's High Valley and the Gateway to Ladakh
Drass sits at over 10,000 feet in the Kargil district of Ladakh, on the road between Srinagar and Leh. It is famous as the second coldest inhabited place on earth and as the site of the 1999 Kargil war's most intense fighting. In summer it is green and startlingly beautiful, with the Drass river running through and the Tiger Hill ridge above. In...
