Key Points
Nunkhel gali (3980 m), Pazmal gali (3045 m), Mandu peak (4010 m), Didam gali II (3930 m) and Nussu gali (3240 m) are almost the last passes before Banihal..
Beyond Nussu gali (3240 m) and before Banihal pass (2382 m) is an interesting pocket of a few villages in south Kashmir containing streams and small valleys that are to the north of the Pir Panjal range but are in Ramban district of Jammu to the south..
The villagers in this enclave find it easier to go to nearby Qazigund, and then take the train or bus to Ramban rather than go south over a high Pir Panjal ridge and after a long torturous journey down the Mangat nala reach Banihal town and then the district headquarters at Ramban...
Before the Pir Panjal range descends to Banihal pass is a pass called Nyusu gali (3240 m) between two peaks called Sundartop (3880 m) and Houen Heng (3909 m)..
From many places in the karewa sprinkled Vale of Kashmir one sees expanse upon expanse of Pir Panjals ridges and peaks from miles awayon a clear day naturally...
