चौंढ्या घाटमार्गे कळसुबाई

 कळसुबाई म्हणजे महाराष्ट्राचे Everest कि ज्याचा शिखरावरून पाहिले कि सगळे सह्याद्रीतील डोंगरे खाली दिसू लागतात . याच्या पेक्षा उंच असे कोणतेच ठिकाण महाराष्ट्रात नाही .
पुढे परतीच्या वाटेवर बारी या गावात पोहोचलो


                                                                  Photos
                                            Day 1

Route from Chondhe village

Towards steps at Chondhe ghat

Towards center of photo see a gap in mountains.From here we climbed up Chondhe ghat to reach Ghatghar

This cage is used for catching crabs by local people.It contained almost 100 crabs inside

Ajoba Parvat while climbing Chondhe ghat

Karoli ghat mountain.Last time we tried to climb from backside of this mountain

Final climb of Chondhe ghat

Ajoba Parvat

Kokan Kada of Ghatghar

Chondhe Dam seen while climbing the ghat

Water source behind Ghatandevi temple at Ghatghar

Ghatandevi temple on top of Chondhe ghat

Mighty Gigantic Ajoba Parvat

Our team climbed chondhe ghat and reached Ghatghar

Water sources on our way to Ghatghar

From Right to Left Alang-Madangad-kulang the 3 most difficult forts in Sahyadris

Myself

Kiran

Near Ghatghar Village

Approached Samrad Village

Total walk on day 1
Chondhe to Ghatghar 14 kms and 700 meters climb
Ghatghar to Uddavne 12 kms on a flat plateau with gentle climb and slopes

Total of 26 kms walking and reaching 728 meters above sea level(Bhandardara dam and its adjoining area is situated 728 meters above sea level as per Survey of India)


                                                          Day 2 Photos

Kalsubai to be climbed from Udadavnevillage.Scene from Uddavne village in morning 6:30 am

Route to Kalsubai from Uddavne

A long long route to Kalsubai(Still not seen in picture)

Alang fort while climbing from Udadavne

Uddavne village seen far below

Bhandardara dam view

Rock patches

Difficult rock patch.Can you guess how we came from this route.Very narrow route with hardly 6 inch to 1 feet route and deep valley below

Rock patch traverse route

At a water source

We started to cook near the water source

Finally at top of Kalsubai from Left to Right Sudarshan->Kiran->Pranav->Myself

Kalsubai from Bari village after descending

A view of Kalsubai seen nearby Randha falls

Total walk on day 2
From Uddavne,Kalsubai is around 900 to 920 meters high

Almost 20 kms walk with climbing 3 peaks Kirda(1187 meters),Kalsubai no 2/Sakira(1580 meters) and Kalsubai(1648 meters)

Thus total trek included walk of around 46 to 50 kms in 2 days and 1600+ meters of climb
This trek is no doubt highest climb in Sahyadris because we climbed highest peak in Sahyadris from almost sea level

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