Kodachaadri - altitude of 1343m

Kodachadri is a mountain peak at an altitude of1343 m above sea level in the Western Ghats in Shivamogga (Shimoga) district, Karnataka State.

As we had planned, we left mysore by 8.30 pm by bus and reached the place Kumbale in Shivamogga by 7.00 am. Here we finish the morning duties, had coffee, breakfast and started climbing by 8.30 am.

Our team and we started from Kumbale

Kumbale

From this place we walked around 5 km and reached actual starting point to climb Kodachaadri. After we reached this place we rested for some time and started climbing the mountain. It was a thick forest, as we walked in there was a water point. From this place, we had to climb the steeply sloping part of the mountain.

Some Views on the Way

As we climbed the mountain, there we reached a water fall it was a beautiful sight to watch and it was the coolest place in the trek.

Water falls on the way

Here, near water falls we spent some time and again started to climb the mountain, as we climbed the mountain some of us lost the path and was climbing the mountain wrong direction. Later our guide got all of us back and took us in right direction. After almost 1 hour of climbing the mountain we got one more water spot and it was the last one, here we had our lunch which we got with us and rested for some time.

After resting we again started climbing the mountain and it was the last peak which had forest after this mountain there was no shade and we had to trek on afternoon sun which was very hot on that day. Finally we came out of forest and started seeing us on the top of earth. It was a beautiful sight to watch and also it was very hot and we started feeling hot and it was exhausting, but we kept on moving to reach the target ‘Kodachaadri’.

View from top of mountain

In the scorching sun we continued walking and on the way we saw people working to put up road from the bottom of mountain to peak, and here jeeps were moving carrying devotees regularly. Finally we reached the last mountain and there was some amount of shade for us. It was almost 4 in the evening when we reached the place where we were staying.

Place where we spent the night

View of sunset

Here we recharged our self and started walk to reach peak to witness sunset. It was a beautiful sight to watch and by looking at this sight we all forgot about the tiredness. After this we came back to our place and was very hungry so started having eatables which we had got with our self. By 9 we all finished our dinner and spent some tine chatting and decided to go to witness sunrise by 5 in the morning.

It was very cold in the night and the temperature was in single digit and we could not sleep in the night. Finally, time became 5 in the morning and we started to climb the mountain to witness the sunrise. As we climber the mountain in dark some times we din’t realize the downward slope of the mountain and almost slipped down. We reached the top on time and started waiting for the sun. It was windy on the top and as the sun came up wind started to blow with great pressure and we could not stand on the top. Finally sun started coming up and it was a fantastic sight to watch. After this we took some snaps and finally came to our place.

In the Morning

We all finished our breakfast and started to descend down in other pathway, it was a short path when compared to climbing and also it was easiest. We directly went to Kumbale reached by 3 had lunch and took rest for some time and started travelling towards Mysore by 5 in the evening. We reached Mysore by midnight.