Bhrigu Lake
OSM hiking route Bhrigu Lake, Himachal Pradesh (8.29 km line), canonical Vashisht relation. Gullaba and Vashist approaches are absorbed on this page, not merged into the line. Vertical figures from the Wave I-2 GLO-30 resample. Days unknown.
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 4,175 m minus low 2,060 m is 2,115 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 13.7 °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
- SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade)
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 11244101 (ODbL). The mapped line is that geometry. Distance, ascent, descent, and high/low points are the Wave I-2 evidence-sheet figures (adjudicated 2026-09-19). Season and permit were not sourced. Member ways are untagged for sac_scale; SAC stays ungraded.
OSM 2D length is 8.29 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 11244101, lastVerified 2026-09-19). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. MERGE page: Gullaba 13312536 and Vashist 18658845 are absorbed approaches, not this measured Vashisht line. Ingest stored assembly 16.6 km (includes the return on this relation). The published DataPoint is the evidence-sheet 8.29 km for relation 11244101.
typicalDays 1 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 4,175 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-19), corroborated by Wikipedia 4,235 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhrigu_Lake, accessed 2026-09-19, CC BY-SA). Low 2,060 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 1,544 m / descent 664 m remain provisional DEM.
Permit is Unverified (not sourced from OSM or an official tariff; evidence sheet 2026-09-19). Confirm officially before travel. Season is unknown. OSM water context (ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-19), not a potability or reliability claim and not mapped to WaterSource points (no honest atFraction): +3 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, 2026-09-19). Confirm officially before travel. Gullaba 13312536 and Vashist 18658845 are absorbed approaches on this page, not separate records. Canonical line is Vashisht 11244101.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start (Vashisht) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for Bhrigu Lake?
Permit status is unverified for Bhrigu Lake. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Bhrigu Lake?
Bhrigu Lake is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1.
How long is Bhrigu Lake?
The length on this record is 8.29 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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