Akshu La
OSM hiking traverse Akshu La, Jammu and Kashmir (67.84 km Kishtwar line). Not Ladakh. Trail visibility: no. Vertical figures from the Wave I-5 GLO-30 resample. Days unknown. Provisional-listed.
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.
Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Altitude weather delta
High 5,046 m minus low 2,365 m is 2,681 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 17.4 °C cooler at the high point than the valley, all else equal.
That is a model (International Standard Atmosphere environmental lapse), not a forecast and not a trail-closure. Wind, snow, and storms stay in Hazards.
derived:lapse-rate · 2026-09-10 · provisionalISA 6.5 °C / 1,000 m · wikipedia.org · 2026-09-10
Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog
Very difficult
- SAC T5
- Demanding alpine hiking. Often pathless, exposed, climbing to II; glacier possible.
- YDS Class 4
- Class 4. Simple climbing with exposure; a rope is often used.
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Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 14693819 (ODbL). The mapped line is that geometry. Distance, ascent, descent, and high/low points are the Wave I-5 evidence-sheet figures (adjudicated 2026-09-21). Season was not sourced. SAC is OSM-sourced demanding_alpine_hiking (T5, ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-21); YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional.
OSM 2D length is 67.84 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 14693819, lastVerified 2026-09-21). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. Kishtwar (J&K), not Ladakh. Ingest stored assembly 67.9 km. The published DataPoint is the evidence-sheet 67.84 km for relation 14693819.
typicalDays 6 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 5,046 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-21). Low 2,365 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 2,566 m / descent 3,310 m remain provisional DEM.
Permit is Unverified (not sourced from OSM or an official tariff; evidence sheet 2026-09-21). Unverified — confirm the regional permit / inner-line requirement before travel. Season is unknown. OSM water context (ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-21), not a potability or reliability claim and not mapped to WaterSource points (no honest atFraction): +10 springs.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
Permit status is unverified. Permit was not sourced from OSM or an official tariff this pass (evidence sheet Unverified, 2026-09-21). Unverified — confirm the regional permit / inner-line requirement before travel.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start car-free: unknown
- OSM line end car-free: unknown
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Hazards
- Trail visibility: no (OSM, ODbL, relation 14693819, lastVerified 2026-09-21).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Akshu La?
Permit status is unverified for Akshu La. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Akshu La?
Akshu La is graded OSM sac_scale: demanding_alpine_hiking · SAC T5 · YDS 4. A sourced hazard on this record: Trail visibility: no (OSM, ODbL, relation 14693819, lastVerified 2026-09-21).
How long is Akshu La?
The length on this record is 67.84 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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