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Once the snow falls, the manali road also closes leave alone Rohtang, till they clear the roads and all traffic stops before manali and it will be difficult to get self-driven hired 4x4 in manali unless you have friends there.
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This is not true. The road is usually open to Manali. In fact there is a flourishing winter carnival and Christmas tour trade in Manali. The Kullu valley is surrounded by high steep slopes. These produce land slides and avalanches all year round that sometimes force closure but these are cleared relatively quickly. Immediately north of Manali the road is often closed.