Valley of Flowers
OSM hiking route into Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand (17.73 km line), Govindghat via Ghangaria. Not Hemkund Sahib 11308638 — shared stem; related, not merged. 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 3,694 m minus low 2,125 m is 1,569 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 10.2 °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 relation 11241655 (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 hazards were not sourced. SAC is OSM-sourced hiking (T1, ODbL, lastVerified 2026-09-18); YDS is the site cross-walk, still provisional. Trail visibility was not on the evidence sheet.
OSM 2D length is 17.73 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 11241655, lastVerified 2026-09-18). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. Related record: Hemkund Sahib (/trails/hemkund-sahib, relation 11308638). They share the Govindghat–Ghangaria stem; do not merge.
typicalDays 1 is Math.round(lengthKm/12), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 3,694 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-18), corroborated by Wikipedia 3,658 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_Flowers_National_Park, accessed 2026-09-18, CC BY-SA). Low 2,125 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 1,256 m / descent 1,340 m remain provisional DEM.
Season is July to September (Uttarakhand Tourism, https://uttarakhandtourism.gov.in/destination/valley-of-flowers, accessed 2026-09-18). National Park entry permit required (Uttarakhand Forest Department, https://forest.uk.gov.in/, accessed 2026-09-18). Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
- Permit
- National Park entry permit required
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Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start (Govindghat–Ghangaria stem) car-free: unknown
- OSM line end (Valley of Flowers) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for Valley of Flowers?
A permit is required for Valley of Flowers: National Park entry permit required. Cost, booking, and issuer stay behind the login gate on this page.
When is the best time to hike Valley of Flowers?
On this record the best season is: July to September (Uttarakhand Tourism).
How difficult is Valley of Flowers?
Valley of Flowers is graded OSM sac_scale: hiking · SAC T1 · YDS 1.
How long is Valley of Flowers?
The length on this record is 17.73 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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Related links
- OfficialUttarakhand Forest Departmentforest.uk.gov.in · 2026-09-18 · official
- Tourism boardUttarakhand Tourism — Valley of Flowersuttarakhandtourism.gov.in · 2026-09-18 · official