Phangchi Galu
OSM hiking traverse Phangchi Galu, Himachal Pradesh (42.29 km line). DEM ascent 6,944 m looks high for ~42 km (noisy polyline); kept provisional. 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 4,635 m minus low 1,473 m is 3,162 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 20.6 °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
Difficult
- SAC T4
- Alpine hiking. Sometimes pathless; exposure and simple climbing terrain.
- YDS Class 3
- Class 3. Scrambling with increased exposure; a fall could be serious.
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Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 13325890 (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 alpine_hiking (T4, ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-19); YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional.
OSM 2D length is 42.29 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 13325890, lastVerified 2026-09-19). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. Provisional-listed traverse (Parvati/Kullu). Ingest stored assembly 42.7 km. The published DataPoint is the evidence-sheet 42.29 km for relation 13325890.
typicalDays 4 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 4,635 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-19). Low 1,473 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 6,944 m / descent 4,801 m remain provisional DEM. Ascent 6,944 m looks high for a ~42 km line (possible noisy polyline) and stays provisional DEM; it is not corrected this pass.
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): +10 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: intermediate (OSM, ODbL, relation 13325890, lastVerified 2026-09-19).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Phangchi Galu?
Permit status is unverified for Phangchi Galu. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Phangchi Galu?
Phangchi Galu is graded OSM sac_scale: alpine_hiking · SAC T4 · YDS 3. A sourced hazard on this record: Trail visibility: intermediate (OSM, ODbL, relation 13325890, lastVerified 2026-09-19).
How long is Phangchi Galu?
The length on this record is 42.29 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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