Less than an hour by walking in any case. The avalanches occur on Lowari Top. You will be safe in Drosh. Be sure to call me Ismail there. They do not know me as Sam.
Rs is the tourist price.
It generally opens on or about May 20. You can cross it by foot by taking a bus to Dir and then a jeep to the snowline and then get out and walking. It is an eight hour walk from Village Gujur, the last village in Dir, to Ziyarat which is the first in Chitral. The walk is dangerous because this is the avalanche time of the year. The snow is melting now and avalanches can come at any time.