Kolahoi Glacier
OSM hiking route Kolahoi Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir (19.12 km line from Aru/Lidderwat). DEM high is the glacier walk, not Kolahoi Peak. Vertical figures from the Wave I-5 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 3,328 m minus low 2,450 m is 878 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 5.7 °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 19877314 (ODbL). The mapped line is that geometry. Distance, ascent, descent, and high/low points are the Wave I-5 evidence-sheet figures (adjudicated 2026-09-21). Season was not sourced. Member ways are untagged for sac_scale; SAC stays ungraded.
OSM 2D length is 19.12 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 19877314, lastVerified 2026-09-21). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. From Aru/Lidderwat. Ingest stored assembly 19.2 km. The published DataPoint is the evidence-sheet 19.12 km for relation 19877314.
typicalDays 2 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 3,328 m is Copernicus GLO-30 on the stored glacier approach (lastVerified 2026-09-21). Wikipedia cites 5,425 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolahoi_Glacier, accessed 2026-09-21, CC BY-SA) as Kolahoi Peak — the glacier-snout walk tops far lower. Cited is a peak landmark, not this DataPoint. Low 2,450 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 813 m / descent 587 m remain provisional DEM.
Permit is Unverified (not sourced from OSM or an official tariff; evidence sheet 2026-09-21). Ladakh PAP/ILP likely for many areas; confirm officially before travel. Season is unknown. Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points (no honest atFraction).
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, 2026-09-21). Ladakh PAP/ILP likely for many areas; confirm officially before travel.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start (Aru/Lidderwat) car-free: unknown
- OSM line end car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for Kolahoi Glacier?
Permit status is unverified for Kolahoi Glacier. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Kolahoi Glacier?
Kolahoi Glacier is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1.
How long is Kolahoi Glacier?
The length on this record is 19.12 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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- Tourism boardKolahoi Glacier (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)en.wikipedia.org · 2026-09-21 · editorial