Roopkund
OSM hiking route Lohajung to Roopkund, Uttarakhand (27.13 km line). Kanol approach 12297059 is absorbed on this page, not merged into the line. Geometry stops below the lake. Vertical figures from the Wave I-1 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 4,785 m minus low 2,042 m is 2,743 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 17.8 °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
- 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 11245289 (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, season, and SAC were not sourced. Member ways are untagged for sac_scale; SAC stays ungraded. YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional.
OSM 2D length is 27.13 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 11245289, lastVerified 2026-09-18). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. MERGE page: Kanol 12297059 is an absorbed approach, not a separate trail. Measured canonical Lohajung line only. OSM name=Lohajung to Roopkund.
typicalDays 2 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 4,785 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-18). Wikipedia cites the lake at 5,029 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA) — Δ244 m; the stored geometry stops below the lake. Record the DEM high; treat 5,029 m as a landmark, not this DataPoint. Low 2,042 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 2,884 m / descent 1,247 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. Kanol 12297059 is an absorbed approach on this page, not a separate record. Canonical line is Lohajung 11245289.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start (Lohajung) car-free: unknown
- OSM line end (below Roopkund) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
- Camping in high bugyals restricted by NGT/High Court since 2018 (Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Roopkund?
Permit status is unverified for Roopkund. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Roopkund?
Roopkund is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Camping in high bugyals restricted by NGT/High Court since 2018 (Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA).
How long is Roopkund?
The length on this record is 27.13 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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