Rishikesh circular a shri neekthal temple
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.84 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,255 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,249 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,440 ft
- TrailRank
-
22
3.9
- Min elevation
- 1,107 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 6 hours 32 minutes
- Coordinates
- 844
- Uploaded
- December 26, 2017
- Recorded
- December 2017
near Rishīkesh, State of Uttarakhand (India)
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Itinerary description
Rishikesh circular a shri neekthal temple
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The first part of the loop (to the temple) is the most difficult part. Uneven ground, some basic route finding using the provided trail map downloaded to a phone, as the path is unkept and difficult to follow near the top and along the ridge.
The return trail is very easy as it just follows a (mostly) paved trail down with tea stalls along the way.
Started at 6am from Laxman Jhula in April and made it to the top while the hill was still in shade. Hot in the sun though! Wouldn't recommend doing it in the full heat of the day.
Highly recommend the trail!
Thanks for sharing. Actually, we middes a litlle the way up but easy to see and in clear days awesome views of snowed mountains. Second time i tried to do, i cancel becuase i saw a leopard nearby trying to haunt a deer... It's really a very lonely route, so better not go alone... I did in december and temperatures were quite good!
Hi, we attempted this today and got as far as when the route switches back and up just before devi mandir temple. We couldnt any path up on to the ridge, just a rocky steep slope and had to turn back. It was also getting late and a storm was coming in! Any tips for if we try again? The section we completed was fantastic though, stunning views.
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The route to the peak of the hill was fantastic, very obvious where to walk and as you reach the top the only thing which beats the view of the river below is the snow topped peaks of the Himalayas in the distance. The route down is very simple to follow, you're likely to be pestered for selfies though so I would consider skipping the temple route and doubling back on yourself after reaching the peak. Very enjoyable, completed the route in about 4.5 hours without many stops.
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So we were walking this trail, approximately 3 km in, we were told by the forest department of Uttarakhand that it is not allowed for tourist to take this trail. Apparently there are some displacement issues with local villages. The government wants to turn this area into a national park, but the villagers don’t want to move. I guess local authorities don’t want tourists to see this. We were told this in a rather unfriendly and threatening manner, so I don’t suggest you to try this trail anymore.