Thandiani with tyre chain

[gfkhan]

This weekend i m going to abbotabad with family,will stay in army mess, on saturday i hv plan to visit thandiani in my honda city 2011 model ,good condition,kindly advise regarding road and snow, is it clear or i need chain for car tyre, regarding my driving skill, i already have driving experiences on upper nelum valkey and babusar top road

[gfkhan]

All so called gurus, thank you very much for ur valuable comments, this section should be rename fm ask trvel guru to something else, as i saw mostly "not frequent" travellers reply here than so called gurus.
After changing its name people would not get hurt so much if those who travel frequently not replied
Question which i asked was never asked before and it was especially for recent days, and answer was simply yes u need or no you dont need but no one bother to write simple few words

[HellsGuardian]

So you are expecting a reply within 12 hours? Give it some time man

[shoaib_ahmad_khan]

patience brother patience someone will tell u soon

[andaparatha]

some things can be found by a simple search.. if you need immediate answers here

i searched this thread (below) .. look at road conditions in the pics...
you wont find much snow (maybe same as the thread shows) ..as there is no weather prediction according to weather apps
if you are skilled i am sure you will be able to maneuver around thandiani .. no need for chains

Karachi To Thandiani Top

Hi Every one. i used to travel alot for business pupose in Sindh n punjab from karachi. infact in a year i go to upper punjab 7 to 8 times . This time its a business trip but i decided to go up to north. I m Reading threads on Pakwheel forums from last 4 to 5 years. This time i thought to share with u the complete trip details.. I m v inspired by Libra ( Hanif Bhatti ) . His style for sharing details is quite gud so i m copying his style for the data.. Member : 3 Male Ride : Honda City 2006. …

[gfkhan]

@andaparatha this specific mentioned search didnt help me thats why raise new topic, how ever u answered it in ur reply thats all i wanted thx

[gfkhan]

So you are expecting a reply within 12 hours? Give it some time man

U meant 19 hrs, and my response was not for just this threat my friend , it was based on my observation of last 3 years

[andaparatha]

i know it had no mention of chains in the thread... thats why i asked you to look at the route pictures and make a judgment yourself whether to use them or not ..
drive safely..and patiently

[hamza_xeg]

Get chains just to be on the safe side. I have done nathiagali without chains but thandiani is way steeper so i would suggest that don't go there without chains. Also check out the thread 'help for travellers of gilgit baltistan' it has useful info. You can ask there too.

[gfkhan]

Came back from thandiani, road wasnt too steep atleast for me, regarding snow on road, yes there was snow ,which started 2 km before reaching to top, however it was manageable, i took my honda city to top with out tyre's chain, also saw few other cars there with out chains, however i would not suggest any inexperience driver to drive on snow

[gfkhan]

Condition on the top

[andaparatha]

Aray wah.. Thanks for telling us your experience and informing about the current conditions

[gfkhan]

People who are going from hazara expressway, please be noted that expressway after shah maqsood interchange is not available on google map (atleast till Abbottabad), so for going Abbottabad first we hv to go to shah maqsood interchange, pay the toll and re-entre on same expressway after taking u turn from first round about which is few hundreds meters away,, reason for leaving and re-entering same expressway is, motorway area till shah maqsood is under punjab govt
so toll goes to them and after Shah maqsood is under KPK toll goes to kpk.
during traveling after Shah maqsood interchange keep good eyes on road sign boards as Google will show u travelling on offroad/mountains
Toll from Islamabad to shah maqsood is 130 rupees
And fm sh maqsood to Abbottabad is Rs 30