Bara Shigri

Bara Shigri is regarded as one of the largest glaciers and it is situated in Himachal Pradesh. Moreover, this is also regarded as one of the longest glaciers in the whole world. This has been located in Lahaul Chandra valley and it is continuously feeding to Chenab River. It emerges through the mountains that are present on the left bank of Chenab. This is very long and its snout reaches down till river and it is lying athwart to customary road that starts from Kullu and ends at Spiti. Estimations can be different regarding the breadth of this glacier, owing to the simple reasons of roughness and movement. In the year 1836, glacier was dammed through Chenab River and ultimately resulted in the formation of a large lake and then it carried the devastation towards the valley. This glacier flows towards north and debouches in Chenab River.

Geology

It gets deflected in westward region, close to Spiti border. It has the altitude of 12950 feet that is 3940 metres and also 4560 metres (14980 feet); it is 10 km (5.5 mi) in length. This is one of the glaciers that are heavily covered via surface moraine and its ice will not be visible for lengthy stretch, present along ablation and crevices areas.

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