Pindari Glacier
OSM hiking route Kathi to Pindari Glacier, Uttarakhand (20.52 km line). OSM 20.52 km vs KMVN 90 km round-trip — record the OSM line, note the mismatch. Vertical figures from the Wave I-1 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 3,811 m minus low 2,146 m is 1,665 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 10.8 °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
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 11240609 (ODbL). The mapped line is that geometry. Distance, ascent, descent, and high/low points are the Wave I-1 evidence-sheet figures (adjudicated 2026-09-18). Water and season were not sourced. SAC is OSM-sourced mountain_hiking (T2, ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-18); YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional.
OSM 2D length is 20.52 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 11240609, lastVerified 2026-09-18). Provisional — MISMATCH: OSM 20.52 km vs KMVN 90 km round-trip (https://kmvn.in/, accessed 2026-09-18). The published DataPoint is the OSM line. KMVN 90 km is a cited cross-check, not this DataPoint. OSM name=Kathi to Pindari Glacier. OSM tag=PGT is an UltraJourneys shield, not OSM ref, and not the trail name. Ingest snap-joined two disjoint way groups (stored assembly 21.5 km).
typicalDays 2 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 3,811 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-18), corroborated by Wikipedia 3,660 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindari_Glacier, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA). Low 2,146 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 2,600 m / descent 1,072 m remain provisional DEM.
Permit is Unverified (not sourced from OSM or an official tariff; evidence sheet 2026-09-18). 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, 2026-09-18). Confirm officially before travel.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start (Kathi) car-free: unknown
- OSM line end (Pindari Glacier) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
- Trail visibility: good (OSM, ODbL, relation 11240609, lastVerified 2026-09-18).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Pindari Glacier?
Permit status is unverified for Pindari Glacier. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Pindari Glacier?
Pindari Glacier is graded OSM sac_scale: mountain_hiking · SAC T2 · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Trail visibility: good (OSM, ODbL, relation 11240609, lastVerified 2026-09-18).
How long is Pindari Glacier?
The length on this record is 20.52 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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