Milam Glacier
OSM hiking route Lilam–Milam–Milam Glacier, Uttarakhand (51.5 km line), stitch of 11240060 + 15803504. Girthi Dobala 11278574 is an alternate, not measured. Vertical figures from the Wave I-1 GLO-30 resample. Days unknown. Inner Line Permit (SDM Munsiyari).
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 4,212 m minus low 1,788 m is 2,424 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 15.8 °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
Easy
- SAC T1
- Hiking. Trail well cleared, flat or slightly sloped, no fall hazard.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Ingested from OpenStreetMap relations 11240060 and 15803504 (ODbL), stitched at Milam village. Distance, ascent, descent, and high/low points are the Wave I-1 evidence-sheet figures (adjudicated 2026-09-18). Water, season, hazards, and trail visibility were not sourced. SAC is OSM-sourced hiking (T1, ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-18); YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional.
OSM 2D length is 51.5 km (OSM line, ODbL, rel 11240060, lastVerified 2026-09-18). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. The published DataPoint is the canonical Lilam–Milam relation; the stored geometry is the 51.6 km stitch with Milam Glacier 15803504 (0.00 km walking connector). Girthi Dobala 11278574 is an alternate approach — not added to the line.
typicalDays 4 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 4,212 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-18), corroborated by Wikipedia 4,140 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milam_Glacier, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA). Low 1,788 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 5,852 m / descent 3,429 m remain provisional DEM.
Inner Line Permit (ILP) is required near the border (KMVN, https://kmvn.in/, accessed 2026-09-18). Authority: SDM Munsiyari. Confirm the live process. Season is unknown. Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
- Permit
- Inner Line Permit (ILP)
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Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start (Lilam) car-free: unknown
- OSM line end (Milam Glacier) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for Milam Glacier?
A permit is required for Milam Glacier: Inner Line Permit (ILP). Cost, booking, and issuer stay behind the login gate on this page.
How difficult is Milam Glacier?
Milam Glacier is graded OSM sac_scale: hiking · SAC T1 · YDS 1.
How long is Milam Glacier?
The length on this record is 51.5 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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