Kang La Trail
OSM hiking traverse Kang La Trail, Himachal Pradesh (78.21 km line). Village-to-village / pass path; no cited itinerary. 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 5,418 m minus low 3,436 m is 1,982 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 12.9 °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 11229706 (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. SAC is OSM-sourced demanding_alpine_hiking (T5, ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-19); YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional.
OSM 2D length is 78.21 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 11229706, lastVerified 2026-09-19). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. Provisional-listed traverse (Lahaul/Zanskar). OSM tag=KL is an UltraJourneys shield, not OSM ref, and not the trail name. Ingest stored assembly 78.3 km. The published DataPoint is the evidence-sheet 78.21 km for relation 11229706.
typicalDays 7 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 5,418 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-19). Low 3,436 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 2,489 m / descent 2,308 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): +7 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.
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: good (OSM, ODbL, relation 11229706, lastVerified 2026-09-19).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Kang La Trail?
Permit status is unverified for Kang La Trail. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Kang La Trail?
Kang La Trail is graded OSM sac_scale: demanding_alpine_hiking · SAC T5 · YDS 4. A sourced hazard on this record: Trail visibility: good (OSM, ODbL, relation 11229706, lastVerified 2026-09-19).
How long is Kang La Trail?
The length on this record is 78.21 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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