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Kalsubai

1,646 m5,400 ft
Easiest route
3.1 km+762 m · about 2 h
Prominence
at least 985 m3,233 ft
Isolation
at least 200 km
Tonight
15°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h E

Kalsubai is a 1,646 m (5,400 ft) mountain in the Western Ghats, India.

All facts
Elevation
1,646 m · 5,400 ft
Range
Western Ghats
Region
India
Coordinates
19.6013° N, 73.7090° E
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Route

How to get to the top of Kalsubai

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 2.4 km ENE of Kalsubai

Distance
3.1 kmone way
Climb
+762 m(2,500 ft up)
Time up
about 2 h
Difficulty
Grade not mapped
Kalsubai elevation profile
1,0001,2001,40003.1 kmKalsubai

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2
  • Road end near Indore5.2 km · +926 m · about 3 h
    Grade not mappedGPXKML
  • Road end near Udadavne4.9 km · +985 m · about 3 h
    Grade not mappedGPXKML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Kalsubai 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Kalsubai terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Kalsubai weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 15°C (59°F) · Wind 10 km/h E

Kalsubai forecast for the summit, about 1,646 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 822 m.

  • Tonight15°–10 km/h EBase 20°
  • Today15°23°0.8 mm14 km/h EBase 20 / 29°
  • Sun15°24°–12 km/h EBase 20 / 29°
  • Mon14°24°–16 km/h EBase 19 / 29°
  • Tue15°22°–20 km/h EBase 20 / 28°
  • Wed14°21°–22 km/h NEBase 19 / 27°
  • Thu14°23°–8 km/h SWBase 19 / 28°
  • Fri14°21°1.0 mm9 km/h SWBase 19 / 26°
  • Sat15°21°2.1 mm9 km/h EBase 20 / 26°
  • Sun14°23°1.6 mm14 km/h EBase 19 / 28°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kalsubai

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kalsubai, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Campsite1.5 km W
Campsite (no water)Campsite3.0 km SW
Shepherd HouseCampsite3.4 km W
Slope

How steep is the route to Kalsubai?

The easiest mapped route, 3.1 km from 822 m to 1,646 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 822 m3.1 km · 1,646 m
  • 0–15°1.9 km
  • 15–30°1.0 km
  • 30–45°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 29.7%Trees 28.2%Cropland 25.6%Shrubland 16.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Kalsubai sits

Range
Western Ghats7
Region
India313Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Kalsubai downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

47 m low This 3D map reads 1,599 m at the summit; the official height is 1,646 m.Official 1,646 m90 m model 1,587 mThis map 1,599 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 59 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,646 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,599 m-47 m
Copernicus GLO-901,587 m-59 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-02-12)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Routes, Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia