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Kalsubai

Highest peak in Maharashtra. Published trek distance 13.2 km (Wikipedia, provisional). Mapped geometry is the partial OSM Bari upper path (2.94 km), not the full walk. Vertical figures from the Wave I-4 GLO-30 resample. Days unknown.

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Western India from orbit on the Kalsubai corridor, Maharashtra

Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.

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Facts19.609, 73.730
Distance13.2 km*
Wikipedia (Kalsubai trek distance, CC BY-SA) · 2026-09-19 · editorial · provisional
Ascent+760 m*
Copernicus GLO-30 (30 m resample, Bari upper path) · 2026-09-19 · dem · provisional
Descent9 m*
Copernicus GLO-30 (30 m resample, Bari upper path) · 2026-09-19 · dem · provisional
High point1,575 m*
Copernicus GLO-30 · 2026-09-19 · dem · provisional
Low point824 m
Copernicus GLO-30 · 2026-09-19 · dem
Routepoint-to-point
Days1
Seasonunverified
GradeSAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1

Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog

DifficultyUngraded — member ways untagged
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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Partial OSM line from named ways Kalsubai via Bari 729081375 + 866142927 + 1350432197 (ODbL). Hiking relations 11846480 and 18537668 were deleted from OSM (HTTP 410) and were not ingested. osmRelationId is unset. Summit node 4693883696. Season was not sourced. Member ways are untagged for sac_scale; SAC stays ungraded.

Published length 13.2 km is the Wikipedia trek distance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalsubai, accessed 2026-09-19, CC BY-SA), lastVerified 2026-09-19 — a cited round-trip/full-walk figure, still provisional. OSM 2.94 km (sheet; stored assembly 2.9 km) is the upper Bari path only and is a geometry note, not this DataPoint. Never treat the partial line as the trek kilometre.

typicalDays 1 is Math.max(1, Math.round(lengthKm/12)), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.

High 1,575 m is Copernicus GLO-30 on the stored Bari line (lastVerified 2026-09-19). Wikipedia cites 1,646 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalsubai, accessed 2026-09-19, CC BY-SA) as the peak landmark (highest in Maharashtra), not this DataPoint. Low 824 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 760 m / descent 9 m remain provisional DEM.

Permit is Unverified (not sourced from OSM or an official tariff; evidence sheet 2026-09-19). Confirm officially before travel. Maharashtra hill forts are widely described as ASI/free; do not assert a permit. Season is unknown. Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points.

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. Maharashtra hill forts are widely described as ASI/free; do not assert a permit. Deleted OSM relations 11846480 and 18537668 (HTTP 410) were not ingested.

Getting there

No sourced gateway chain yet.

Trailheads

  • OSM line start (Bari upper path) car-free: unknown
  • OSM line end (near Kalsubai summit) car-free: unknown

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Hazards

    Questions

    Do I need a permit for Kalsubai?

    Permit status is unverified for Kalsubai. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.

    How difficult is Kalsubai?

    Kalsubai is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1.

    How long is Kalsubai?

    The length on this record is 13.2 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail

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