Lohgad Trek

Trekked to Lohgad on Saturday with 5 friends. We reached Malavli station at 10 am in the morning, one station before Lonavala. An easy trek made into a difficult one as we chose the less walked path through the hills from the waterfalls next to the Bhaje Caves instead of the muddy road that takes u straight to the base. It was an amazing view of the Maval region from the top after a short climb from the base. We witnessed a huge crowd approximately 500 odd people. Some enthusiastic trekkers doing diving at Trimbak talaav which included ladies as well. The fog and rains made for an amazing ambiance. While proceeding towards Vinchu Kata I took the risk and descended a difficult rock patch alone which could have gone wrong and also ascended it on return. My tall frame does come handy in such situations. The view from Vinchu Kata or Scorpion Sting was another visual treat. And after reaching the base we thought of taking another route as we had to go to Lonavala to be able to get seats in the local. We descended towards Dudhivare Khind in the heavy rain which is about 6-7 kms and later towards the slope to Lonavala a good 4-5 kms when we decided that we had enough of walking and getting drenched in the rain and hitched a ride to Lonavala for the last 4 odd kms. We reached Pune around 10 pm with our legs paining along with other body parts and sore throats. Will definitely go down as one of the memorable treks thanks to my friends who were a part of this event namely Jayesh Shah, Sayalee Sheth Shah, Tejas Shah, Siddhesh Parekh and Nilesh Gaikwad. We rock guys ........ dats the spirit !!! — at Lohgad, Lonavala.