parvathamalai trek

[sangabani sangabani]

I only suggessted parvathamalai. I already once gone there. It is about 41/2 hrs journey from chennai. It is near vandavasi- polur route. It takes nearly 4 hours to trek up the hills and a small shiva temple is there. The last stretch of the trek  will be little tough because we have to climb the cow bar( Kadaparai) rods. That's why it is also called locally as kadaparai hills. it is just a day trek or if we want to stay thiruvannamali is the nearest town to halt for the night. I also attached some photos.

 

regards

sangabani

 

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[Iyer De Great]

CTCians,

 

  Parvathamalai seems to be a good place for one day trek ( Provided we start early). The reviews on the NET confirms that it is medium-tough Trek. If a small group say 8-10 and we have  enough cars ( bikes ruled out) we can make it. Count me too. Saturday would be very ideal.

 

sangabani : could you join us again?

 

Peter:  could we have your suggestions please?

 

Best,

Satish B

[Pritesh Saurabh]

Is it possible to have 2 day trek (sat morning - sun evening) with medium difficulty.

[kunal Bhandari]

Hi guys,

 

Even i can join u guys for the paravathamalai trek. Looks very interesting hmmmmmm...... Would like to join with few of my friends. Saturday would be ideal for me too.

 

Regards

 

Kunal

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Iyer De Great <vich...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Peter Van Geit]

If one or two people step forward to organize (not just “join”) a trek to Parvathamalai this weekend then I will put out an invitation to the group.

 

Here is my view –

                CTC went to this place a few months back

                There are two trails from different sides of the mountain which meet each other midway uphill

                                One is easy to follow without guide – this is more like Tirupathi-style steps

                                The other one you require a guide to find the starting point (trail is indicated with white arrows) – this is a real forest trail. We took this one

                Duration

                                We did it in two days (we left Chennai around 9am and it took a 5 hour drive so we started around 3pm). We returned the next day by noon and paid a visit to Gingee (on the way). We stayed in the temple on top and even took food there from the priests.

Doing it in one day means that you will need to start very early (at least by 5am if not earlier) + you will return late night.

                Overall this is quite a nice trek, especially the last steep part near the top is quite “interesting” + the views from the peak are amazing.

                Total climb is around 600m I believe

                I would rate the trek difficulty as a “medium+” given the steep climb. Difficulty increases in case of hot climate/bright sun.

 

Peter.