Trek to Mahuli Fort: Kalyan Darwaja on 21st April 2013
21st April 2013 ( Starting on 20th Night )
Keeping the promise of taking you to OffBeat routes
we are happy to announce the trek to Mahuli fort via kalyan darwaza.
Last year we opened only half of this route and after descending via kalyan darwaza we again climbed back to Mahuli.
This
year team OffBeat Sahyadri did hard work and visited mahuli several
time to open the complete route till Vandre village and make it safe for
our Beaters.
we
did rebolting of the route with the help of SAK, with the help of
villagers we did carved steps at the descending route to vandre. We
cleared the dry grass and for clean place for base camp.
With
all these efforts Team OffBeat Sahyadri is all set to take you trekkers
to one of the offbeat route : Mahuli via Kalyan arwaza.
Trek to Mahuli via kalyan Darwaza
Trivia
Type: Hill Fort
Base Village: Vandre
Height: 2815 ft (Above MSL)
Grade: Difficult (Technical)If you are an adventure freak, then this trek is for you.
Mahuli though split in three parts viz Bhandargad, mahuli and Palasgad, they all are part of one huge fort.
Mahuli is more known for the series of pinnacles that attract the rock climbers from all over the Maharashtra.
The kalyan Darwaja is the Konkan side entrance to the fort and its access has become difficult since the Britishers blew the stone carved steps.
The specialty of this entrance is its location. It’s almost impossible to locate it as it has been carved in groves and cuts of the mountain through a huge rock.
Since it was destroyed by Britishers, it requires technical expertise to access this portion of the fort.
Schedule
Meeting Point : Vashind Station at 10:25 pm
Catch the fast Kasara Local (N 29) on
Note : please take return ticket till asangaon station.
This
train is usually very crowded its difficult to get into the train so we
suggest people to take earlier slow train till kalyan and board this
train from kalyan.
20th April 2013
Kasara Train : N 29 fast
Mumbai CST: 08:47 pm
Dadar : 09:01 pm
Kurla : 09:09 pm
Ghatkopar : 09:13 pm
Mulund : 09:23 pm
Thane : 09:28 pm
Dombivali : 09:41 pm
Kalyan : 09:52 pm
Vashind : 10:23 pm
11:15 pm : Reach the Base Village
11:30 pm : Introduction, Do's and Don’ts
12:00 am : Start trek (Ascending to Mahuli fort)
03.30 am : Reach the Base camp, Rest
06:30 am : Good morning & Break Fast
07:30 am : Start towards Kalyan Darwaja
08:30 am : Reach the Kalyan Darwaja
09.00 pm : Rock patches, Chimni climb
01:30 pm : Mahuli fort, (Lunch)
03:30 pm : Start Descending
06:30 pm : Reach Base Village
07:30 pm : Reach Asangaon Station
09.30pm : Mumbai Tentatively
Maximum group size: 20 per batch
Contribution:
Rs. 900/- per person
Which includes :
Transportation from Vandre to Asangaon
1 Break Fast
Equipments & Expertise
For registration kindly transfer Rs.900/- per head in the following A/c
Union Bank Account No 369102010801696
Branch: Juhu Tara Mumbai
In the Name of Ms Priti P Patel
IFSC Code: UBIN0536911
Note: Registrations through phone calls only.
After transaction please email us transaction id along with participant’s details (name, email and mobile number, location) at offbeatsahyadri@gmail.com
Check list :
Identity Proof
Torch (must)
Water 4 liters (must)
Lunch for Sunday (must)
Proper Bedding
Ready to eat snacks
Personal medicines
Windcheater
Good shoes
Other accessories
Registration or queries:
Priti Patel : 9987990300
Rajas Deshpande : 9664782503
Zeenat Sikilkar : 9850193039
E-mail ID : offbeatsahyadri@gmail.com
Regards,
