Mountain biking in Ladakh is one of those experiences that sits in a category of its own , not just in India, but anywhere on earth.<\/p>\n
You are pedalling through a high-altitude cold desert at 3,500 to 5,000 metres, with glaciated peaks on every horizon, ancient monasteries on cliff faces above you, and roads so quiet that the sound of your own tyres on gravel is the loudest thing for miles. The landscape is dramatic in a way that no photograph fully captures. The air is thin. The climbs are genuinely hard. The descents are the kind that make experienced riders stop to catch their breath and take it all in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mountain biking in Ladakh is one of those experiences that sits in a category of its own , not just in India, but anywhere on earth. You are pedalling through a high-altitude cold desert at 3,500 to 5,000 metres, with glaciated peaks on every horizon, ancient monasteries on cliff faces above you, and roads so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ladakh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n