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Photo credits.

The site uses two sets of images. Supplied images were provided by the organisers for specific sections — the destinations, the stays, the party and the road — and are listed first with the section each was supplied for. Route photographs are real photographs of the region published on Wikimedia Commons by the photographers named below and used under the licence shown; photographs shared under CC BY-SA remain under that licence.

Supplied images

Supplied images
Subject	Supplied file	Supplied for
A river road at first thaw	Starts on a river road.jpeg	Home · Leave the familiar behind — “This one starts on a river road.”
A hill town beneath a wall of snow peaks	Cut into the Cliff, Painted at the Sky.jpeg	Home · Leave the familiar behind — “Cut into the cliff. Pointed at the sky.”
Alpenglow over a snowbound valley	The first light arises before the sun does.jpeg	Home · The first light arrives before the sun does
Party mode — a crowd under festoon lights in the snow	Snow Outside Party Mode 1.jpeg	Home · Snow outside. Party mode on. (1 of 3)
Party mode — fire pits and string lights at dusk	Snow Outside Party Mode 2.jpeg	Home · Snow outside. Party mode on. (2 of 3)
Party mode — fireworks over a snowbound mountain town	Snow Outside Party Mode 3.jpeg	Home · Snow outside. Party mode on. (3 of 3)
A Toyota Hilux on a Himalayan valley road	Your Journey, Your Way - A Toyota Hilux.jpeg	Home · Transport — Your journey, your way
Prayer flags beneath snow peaks	What You Do Between the Views.jpeg	Home · Beyond the landscape — What you do between the views
A monastery on a rock spur, prayer flags in the wind	Monasteries.jpeg	Home · What you do between the views — Monasteries
Village houses stacked on a hillside	High Villages.jpeg	Home · What you do between the views — High villages
Arms open on a snow ridge	Photography.jpeg	Home · What you do between the views — Photography
An empty road into the mountains	The Road Itself.jpeg	Home · What you do between the views — The road itself
Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi	Delhi.jpeg	Destination · Delhi (start and finish)
Kufri under snow	Kufri.jpeg	Destination · Kufri
Kalpa — temple eaves and the Kinnaur range	Kalpa.jpeg	Destination · Kalpa
Prayer flags over Key Monastery in winter, near Kaza	Kaza.jpeg	Destination · Kaza
Rampur	rampur.jpeg	Destination · Rampur
Hyatt Centric	Hyatt Centric.jpeg	Stays · Delhi — Hyatt Centric
Fortune	Fortune.jpeg	Stays · Kufri — Fortune
Kinner Villa	Warm Rooms After Cold Roads 03 Kinner Villa.jpeg	Stays · Kalpa — Kinner Villa (Warm rooms after cold roads, 03)
Sakya Abode	Warm Rooms After Cold Roads 04 Sakya Abode.jpeg	Stays · Kaza — Sakya Abode (Warm rooms after cold roads, 04)
Dev Dhara	Warm Rooms After Cold Roads 05 Devdhara.jpeg	Stays · Rampur — Dev Dhara (Warm rooms after cold roads, 05)
JW Marriott	Warm Rooms After Cold Roads 06 JW Marriott.jpeg	Stays · Chandigarh — JW Marriott (Warm rooms after cold roads, 06)
Qutub Minar, Delhi	Eight Days in Order 01 Delhi.jpeg	Home · Eight days, in order — 01 Delhi
Kufri to Kalpa — temple courtyard	eight. days in order kupri to kalpa jpeg.jpeg	Home · Eight days, in order — 03 Kufri → Kalpa
Key Monastery in snow	Eight Days in Order 04 Kalpa to Kaza.jpeg	Home · Eight days, in order — 04 Kalpa → Kaza
A snowfield below the peaks	Eight Days in Order 06 Kaza.jpeg	Home · Eight days, in order — 06 Kaza
Key Monastery at dusk	Eight Days in Order 07 Kaza to Rampur.jpeg	Home · Eight days, in order — 07 Kaza → Rampur
Lotus Temple, Delhi	Eight Days in Order 08 Rampur to Delhi.jpeg	Home · Eight days, in order — 08 Rampur → Delhi
A fire pit in the snow	Cold Mountains, Warm Fires, Wild Memories 1.jpeg	Home · Cold mountains. Warm fires. Wild memories. (1 of 4)
Warming hands at the fire	Cold Mountains, Warm Fires, Wild Memories 2.jpeg	Home · Cold mountains. Warm fires. Wild memories. (2 of 4)
A circle around the fire	Cold Mountains, Warm Fires, Wild Memories 3.jpeg	Home · Cold mountains. Warm fires. Wild memories. (3 of 4)
Snowfall around the bonfire	Cold_mountains__Warm_fires__Wild_memories__4.JPG	Home · Cold mountains. Warm fires. Wild memories. (4 of 4)

Route photographs

Photograph credits
Subject	Photographer	Licence	File
Night traffic, Delhi	Gabriele Giuseppini	CC BY 3.0	Source
India Gate at night, New Delhi	AmitBeniwal	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Snow on the hills at Kufri	Jeyasree S.B	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Himalayan peaks seen from Kufri	Courteous mafia	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The snow range from Kufri	Sirshendu Biswas	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Hilltop temple at Kufri in snow	Jayasree Sengupta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The road to Kufri, Shimla district	Rajudbg	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Shimla’s lights after dark	Dinesh Valke	CC BY-SA 2.0	Source
First light on the Kinnaur Kailash range, seen from Kalpa	Goutam1962	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Kinnaur Kailash and Jorkanden from Kalpa	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Morning on Kinner Kailash	Narender Sharma, Blue Particle Solutions	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Kinnaur Kailash range at Kalpa	Rahulraees	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Chini village and its tower, Kalpa	Amanpanta1990	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Light moving across the range, Kalpa	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY 4.0	Source
Kalpa waking up	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY 4.0	Source
Roghi village, above Kalpa	Rahulraees	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Kinnaur ridgelines near Kalpa	Tiyasha Purohit	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Orchards and peaks, Kalpa	Gili Chupak	CC BY-SA 2.0	Source
Kalpa on its shelf above the valley	Ashok Neelakanta	CC BY 2.0	Source
Kinnaur Kailash peak and Jorkanden from Reckong Peo	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY 4.0	Source
Pink hour at Reckong Peo, just below Kalpa	Pavan Lulla	CC BY 3.0	Source
Last light on the peaks above Reckong Peo	Eshank Sehgal	CC BY 2.0	Source
A snowy morning in Sangla, Kinnaur	UnpetitproleX	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Baspa valley under snow, Kinnaur	UnpetitproleX	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Hindustan–Tibet road along the Sutlej, Kinnaur	Manojkhurana	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The road cut into the Kinnaur cliffs	Anusharma	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
The Sutlej at Karcham, Kinnaur	Supriya Joon	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Sutlej at Khab, where the Spiti river joins it	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Where the Baspa meets the Sutlej, Kinnaur	Rahulraees	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Sutlej gorge and rapids, lower valley	VasuVR	CC BY 4.0	Source
On the road into Spiti	Carlos Adampol Galindo	CC BY-SA 2.0	Source
Open road through the Spiti valley	FOCUSUPAKHIL	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Nako lake and village	Snotch	CC BY 2.0	Source
Peaks reflected in Nako lake	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Nako lake, upper Kinnaur	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Stone houses of Nako village	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Morning above Nako	Rakesh Kumar	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Tabo Monastery	Narender9	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Tabo Monastery and the valley around it	Parth.rkt	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Tabo village and monastery from above	Trina Singha Roy	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Tabo Monastery from the hillside	Manish Pathak	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The mud-walled halls of Tabo	Mdipa	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Inside the Tabo Monastery complex	Manish Pathak	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Spiti valley from Dhankar	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Dhankar monastery-fort on its ridge	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Suspension bridge over the Lingti river, Spiti	Mike Shaw	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Mane village, Spiti valley	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Spiti river below Kaza	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The braided Spiti river and the valley road beyond Kaza	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Spiti river at Kaza	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Eroded pillars above the Spiti gorge	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The wide floodplain at Kaza	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY 4.0	Source
The Sakya monastery in Kaza	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Hillside shrines and prayer flags, Kaza	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Carved mani stones in old Kaza	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY 4.0	Source
Approaching Kaza along the river	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Key Monastery on its hill	SilverBirch	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Key Monastery and the Spiti valley, panorama	TheWanderer7562	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Key Monastery in winter snow	Ksuryawanshi	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Key Monastery’s stacked buildings	Rohit Sharma	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Key Monastery above the Spiti valley	Arup1981	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The river valley seen from Key Monastery	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Key Monastery beneath the cliffs	Shivendujha	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Rooftop view from Key Monastery	John Hill	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Steps inside Key Monastery	Mike Shaw	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Chicham Bridge across its gorge	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Chicham Bridge from the south-east	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Kibber village in winter	Ksuryawanshi	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Traditional whitewashed houses, Kibber	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY 4.0	Source
Peaks south of Kibber, upper Spiti	Timothy A. Gonsalves	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Langza village and its Buddha statue	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Langza monastery with Chau Chau Kang Nilda behind	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Chau Chau Kang Nilda from Langza	Avantikac98	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Star trails over the Langza Buddha	Rajarshi Mitra	CC BY 2.0	Source
A shepherd walking home, Langza	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
High meadow at Langza	Drawtheline	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Hikkim village	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Hikkim, on the road to Komik	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Hikkim post office	Nrr1729	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Tangyud monastery, Komik	Mike Shaw	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Prayer flags above Tangyud monastery, Komik	Mike Shaw	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Chau Chau Kang Nilda from the road out of Komik	Sumita Roy Dutta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
A window in Tangyud monastery, Komik	Mike Shaw	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Khurik, Spiti, on 26 December	Ksuryawanshi	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
The Spiti river valley	Theo10011	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Spiti river and valley	Rupak Sarkar	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Spiti valley mountains	Sudhanshu Gupta	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Cold-desert mountains, Spiti	Rollinghopes	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Prayer flags against the Spiti sky	Kandukuru Nagarjun	CC BY 2.0	Source
Herders with yaks in the Spiti high country	Schwiki	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
A domestic yak, Pin valley	Marsmux	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Padam Palace, Rampur Bushahr	Vishvakk94	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Rampur’s terraces above the Sutlej	Harpreetsinghmohali	CC BY 4.0	Source
Shraikoti temple, Rampur Bushahr area	Shimla Deities	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Lalsa village, near Rampur Bushahr	Shimla Deities	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Sunrise over Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh	UnpetitproleX	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Shivalik hills from Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh	UnpetitproleX	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Solang valley under deep winter snow, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh	Bleezebub	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Dancing under coloured lights at a night party	Vyacheslav Argenberg	CC BY 4.0	Source
Sparks rising from a night fire	kallerna	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Friends gathered around a fire after dark	Hynek Janáč	CC0	Source
A warm mountain-lodge interior with a central fireplace	Minja Klarić	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Hands on a DJ mixer under red lights	PattayaPatrol	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
A DJ mixer glowing blue	Aurélien (Designatic)	CC0	Source
Trekkers crossing snow on the Sar Pass trek, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh	J.M.Garg	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
A group walking across a snow-clad Himalayan slope	Chandramohan B V	CC BY-SA 2.0	Source
Trek camps at dusk below the Kedarkantha peak	AmxxmA	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Layered blue Himalayan ridges from the Kedarkantha trail, 30 December	Ghodki	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Fresh snow on a Himalayan slope in early January	ArmouredCyborg	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Snowbound slopes near the Rohtang bypass above Manali	Praveenbansal10	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Evening light on the peaks above Keylong, Lahaul	Kiran Kulkarni	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Star trails over snow peaks (Nepal Himalaya)	Ummidnp	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Tents glowing beneath a snow peak at night (Pumori, Nepal)	Iamthanes	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Fireworks over a village on New Year’s Eve	Andreas Weith	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Snow lit by warm lamps on a winter night	James Ryen	CC BY 3.0	Source
Warm string lights on a snow-covered tree at night	epSos.de	CC BY 2.0	Source
Aerial view of the Lahaul valley in winter	Nvvchar	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source