The mountain scope in Spiti has an exotic appearance. The river is a fast moving torrent which cut its way through the ages to the bottom of a deep ravine. The valley is scarcely a mile across, with narrow strips of cultivable land lying 305 meters above the river bed. Steep rocky mountains rise from these level strips to heights of several thousand feet. All around a marvelous panaorama of rugged crag and slopes that change their colours from pale pink to bright scarlet, alternates with the soft blues and green of the glaciers.

The valley of the Pin river is even rider than that of the Spiti. It joins the main Spiti valley at a point near Dungkar, going up the South-Westerly direction, and ending below the Pin Parvati range, on the other side of which lies the Parvati valley. Like their twin from Lahaul, the people of Spiti follow Lamaism. A famous monastery named the Dankar Gompa is situated here. There are some big village such as Hansi in the upper valley and Kaurik further down.

With high passes standing between them and the 'civilized' world, the people of these valley have developed an intense love for their home and culture; their songs and dances are as chaste and pure as the snow that clothes the mountain around. At the slightest excuse, these 'Children of the Himalayas' dress up in their gayest and dance in the open, amidst the rugged hills with an abondon and ease, unknown to the busy world of today. Wearing rich brocades and silks, exquisitely embroidered, and with masked faces they perform the devil dances, depicting the victory of good over evil the age old battle.