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{{Short description|Himalayan Mountain Pass, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
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| elevation_m = 5495
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| location = [[India]]
| range = [[Himalaya]]
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'''Sin La''' (el. 5495 m.) is a high [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] [[mountain pass]] located in the eastern [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] in [[Pithoragarh District]] of [[Uttarakhand]] state in [[India]].
This pass connects Bidang in [[Darma Valley]] to Jolingkong Lake in the Kuthi Yankti valley. Sin La is steep on both the sides and rocky. [[Adi Kailash]] peak is visible from here on clear sunny day. This pass was the part of ancient [[trade route]] of [[Bhotiya]]s to Tibet. The route is under heavy blanket of snow all year round.
==Trek==
Pithoragarh-Tawaghat-Pangu-Gala-Bundi-Gunji-Kutti-Jolinkong-Parvati-Bidang (Sinla pass trek-15&nbsp;km).
==See also==
* [[Om Parvat]]
==References==
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{{Mountain passes of India}}
[[Category:Mountain passes of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Geography of Pithoragarh district]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Himalayas]]
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