Explore with Chetanya: Kalsubai Trek

Kalsubai Trek

Kalsubai is a mountain in the Western Ghats, located in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Its summit situated at an elevation of 1646 meters (5400 feet) is the highest point in Maharashtra. The mountain range lies within the Kalsubai Harishchandragad Wildlife Sanctuary. It is visited throughout the year by trekkers.

Igatpuri is the Nearest Town to Bari. Igatpuri is 40 km from Bari. Road connectivity is there from Igatpuri to Bari. There is no railway station near to Bari in less than 10 km. However, there are railway Stations from Near By town Igatpuri. are the railway Stations near to Igatpuri. You can reach from Igatpuri to Bari by road after. After a bumpy, tiresome ride, we finally arrived at the base village, Bari and quickly hit the floor for a short nap.

Cold, unmerciful rain battering down upon us, violent gusts of wind trying to knock us down and gravity attempting to gobble us up if we made the slightest misstep these were the conditions which got me wondering, Hey what on earth was I thinking of when I signed up for this! But all that vanished in a trice, once the euphoria of having made it to the top of Kalsubai, the highest peak in Maharashtraat 5400 feet kicked in.

During the ascent, I’d imagined that the return journey would be more arduous as due to gravity, we would have lesser control over our movements. To the contrary, the descent turned out to be much easier and faster. With growing confidence, our speed accelerated and six of us soon managed to outpace the larger group. We touched base within 2 hours, around 2 pm where a hearty meal of roti, mixed beans, Zeera aloo, dal, and rice was waiting for us, prepared by the village residents. This was followed by suji halwa for dessert. With our hunger satiated, we decided to change into dry clothes and waited for other members of the trek group, who took another hour to arrive. Once everyone had eaten and had sufficiently recuperated, we departed from the village for Mumbai at 5.30 with fond memories of a day well-spent. My adventure drew to a close, only for another to begin soon.