Avoid taking Budget room in any hotel, they are facility less.
Avoid going up to Rohtang pass very early in the moring because when we went to Rohtang pass for snow at 5 in the morning on 26th may then all vehicles(about 3000) were returned back by police because there was heavy snow fall in night and about 300 vehicles which went very early in the morning at 2.30 A.M for Rohtang pass to avoid traffic Jams then snow from road side walls, which was about 3 meter high fell down on some vehicles then police went early in the morning to rescue them and saved everybody, but all taxi drivers and local people were saying that more than 5 tourist are dead, but no so such information was in next day news Paper.
3.You can find full snow at mani which is 12 km before Rohtang we enjoyed full snow next day at Mani(beas Nala) and nobody went to Rohtang.
4.Try to go early in the morning but not before 4 A.M to Avoid heavy traffic Jams
You will get snow clothes @250 per person including shoe so take dress but not shoes because that dress will not get wet early but your clothes will get wet very soon by snow and then you will not be able to enjoy(only shivering) do not take shoes provided by them because they are rubber shoes and they will get chilled within 5 minutes use your own shoes with heavy bottom.
If police do not allow you to go up to Rohtang pass or Mani and you have already taken snow clothes then do not return clothes to shop keeper keep them with yourself and use them next day otherwise you have to pay double anmont.
At mall Road there is a tourist information center, and highway police where you can confirm that way of rohtang pass in open or not.
You can visit all local points of manali by foot or by auto at very cheap rate if you have not taken any tour package.
9.Solang valley is in the way to rohtang so it can be covered at returning time from rohtang.
- If you are going to Manali by your Own vehicle then there are two routes
First - delhi-chandighar-Ropar-bilaspur -mandi-kullu- manali
Second- delhi-kurushetra-shimla-mandi-kullu -manali(one rout goes to shimla somewhere from kurushetra area)
from my view route No. 2 is good which is 70 Km more in length than route no.1 but in route no.1 road after Ropar is very bad and there are 3 cement factories and hundreds of cement trucks which cause heavy traffic jams especially at night, roads of route no.2 is good.
Do not go up to rohtang by your own vehicle and taxi no. other than H.P Number because some time police dont allow outside vehicles to go up to rohtang and if they allow you still one person need to stay in car because there is no parking and all vehicles stands on the road and one person is required to stay in car to move his vehicle for traffic movement.
Do not overtake any vehicle if there is traffic jam or huge rush it will cost you heavy penalty.