Kareri Lake
OSM hiking route Kareri Lake, Himachal Pradesh (6.04 km line). Eight approaches absorbed. OSM km vs Wikipedia 13 km (round-trip/other trailhead). Vertical figures from the Wave I-2 GLO-30 resample. Days unknown.
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
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Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Altitude weather delta
High 2,945 m minus low 1,931 m is 1,014 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 6.6 °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
Moderate
- SAC T2
- 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 15522704 (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 was not sourced. SAC is OSM-sourced mountain_hiking (T2, ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-19); YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional.
OSM 2D length is 6.04 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 15522704, lastVerified 2026-09-19). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. MERGE page: eight trailhead approaches are absorbed, not this measured lake line 15522704. ⚠ Distance mismatch: OSM 6.04 km vs Wikipedia 13 km (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareri_Lake, accessed 2026-09-19, CC BY-SA) — different extent (round-trip/other trailhead). Record the OSM line; the 13 km figure is a cited itinerary, not this DataPoint. Ingest stored assembly 6.1 km. The published DataPoint is the evidence-sheet 6.04 km for relation 15522704.
typicalDays 1 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 2,945 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-19), corroborated by Wikipedia 2,934 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareri_Lake, accessed 2026-09-19, CC BY-SA). Low 1,931 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 1,020 m / descent 6 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. 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. Eight trailhead approaches are absorbed on this page, not separate records. Canonical line is 15522704.
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 15522704, lastVerified 2026-09-19).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Kareri Lake?
Permit status is unverified for Kareri Lake. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Kareri Lake?
Kareri Lake is graded OSM sac_scale: mountain_hiking · SAC T2 · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Trail visibility: good (OSM, ODbL, relation 15522704, lastVerified 2026-09-19).
How long is Kareri Lake?
The length on this record is 6.04 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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