Rohru

Rohru is a town and a municipal committee in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is at the banks of the Pabbar River, and it is about 115 km from Shimla city. Rohru is famous for its apples and trout fishing. The hatchery is at Dhamwari, 25 km upstream of Rohru town. The Nazeru davta's temple is in Shakli, 15 km upstream.

Geography

Rohru is at 31°12′07″N 77°45′07″E / 31.202°N 77.7519°E / 31.202; 77.7519. It has an average elevation of 1,525  metres (5,003 feet).

Rohru is very popular for highly dense forests and jungle ranges. The temperature remains around 10-15 C with fog covering the area most of the time throughout the year.

Rohru also has many high snow belts like Chanshal Top (Rohru), Surachali Top (Rohru-jubbal). Chandernahn is an important mountain belt with high altitude (10000 ft above mean sea level) and snow throughout the year. Khara-pathar (jubbal), Sungri etc. and several beautiful valleys like Hatkoti are here as well. Khara pathar, Gwass-Bagi valley, Chanshil Top, Surachali Top and Antapu (Arhal-Batari) and Sungri are popular for record snow in winters.