Hemkund Sahib
OSM hiking route to Hemkund Sahib, Uttarakhand (14.67 km line), Govindghat via Ghangaria. Not Valley of Flowers 11241655 — shared stem; related, not merged. Vertical figures from the Wave I-1 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 4,183 m minus low 2,125 m is 2,058 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 13.4 °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
- 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 11308638 (ODbL). The mapped line is that geometry. Distance, ascent, descent, and high/low points are the Wave I-1 evidence-sheet figures (adjudicated 2026-09-18). Water, season, and hazards were not sourced. Member ways are untagged for sac_scale; SAC stays ungraded. Trail visibility was not on the evidence sheet.
OSM 2D length is 14.67 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 11308638, lastVerified 2026-09-18). Provisional — OSM 14.67 km; corroborated by Wikipedia 19 km (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemkund_Sahib, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA). Related record: Valley of Flowers (/trails/valley-of-flowers, relation 11241655). They share the Govindghat–Ghangaria stem; do not merge. OSM name=Hemkund Sahib. OSM tag=HKD is an UltraJourneys shield on this relation, not OSM ref, and not Har Ki Dun.
typicalDays 1 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 4,183 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-18), corroborated by Wikipedia 4,160 m (same Hemkund Sahib page, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA). Low 2,125 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 1,445 m / descent 1,326 m remain provisional DEM.
Yatra registration is required (Uttarakhand Tourism, https://uttarakhandtourism.gov.in/destination/badrinath, lastVerified 2026-09-19). The cited page is the Badrinath destination page; the registration portal (https://registrationandtouristcare.uk.gov.in) is the authority. Season is unknown. Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
- Permit
- Yatra registration required
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Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start (Govindghat–Ghangaria stem) car-free: unknown
- OSM line end (Hemkund Sahib) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for Hemkund Sahib?
A permit is required for Hemkund Sahib: Yatra registration required. Cost, booking, and issuer stay behind the login gate on this page.
How difficult is Hemkund Sahib?
Hemkund Sahib is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1.
How long is Hemkund Sahib?
The length on this record is 14.67 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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Related links
- OfficialUttarakhand yatra registration portalregistrationandtouristcare.uk.gov.in · 2026-09-19 · official
- Tourism boardUttarakhand Tourism — Badrinathuttarakhandtourism.gov.in · 2026-09-19 · official