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ONE TREE HILL

Date : 31st August, 2024
Grade : Easy-Moderate
Cost : ₹ 650
Highest Altitude : 2450 Feet (750m)

Major Attraction :
View of Morbe Dam, Huge plateau near top, Peaceful forest walk in Matheran, Small waterfall near the top (only if it rains heavily)

Meeting Point :
Karjat railway station ticket window (Near Platform No. 1) at 7:43 am (After reaching meeting point, call our trek leader. Contact detail will be provided on the event day)

Key Info :

Trek Duration : 3 hours ascend, 2.5 hours walk
Water Sources : Base village and at top
Washroom Facilities : Near Matheran railway station only (at the end)
Technical Climb : No
Base Village : Ambewadi (400 feet)
Trek Elevation : 2050 feet (from base village)
Nearby City : Karjat
Mode of Transport :
Tumtum or Omni from Karjat to base village
Omni from Dasturi Matheran to Neral railway station
Vehicle Travel Distance :
Karjat to base village : 13kms
Dasturi Matheran to Neral : 10kms
Vehicle Travel Duration : 30 mins each in both journey
Batch Size : Minimum 7, Maximum 28

Tentative Schedule :
Board CSMT-Karjat fast local and get down at Karjat (If you miss the train, you miss the event)
05:46 am : CSMT
05:59 am : Dadar
06:10 am : Ghatkopar
06:25 am : Thane
06:41 am : Dombivali
06:50 am : Kalyan
07:43 am : Karjat
07:45 am : Have breakfast
08:30 am : Move towards base village
09:30 am : Start the trek with short briefing and introduction
01:30 pm : Reach One Tree Hill View Point and have lunch break (Bring your own)

02:30 pm : Walk towards Dasturi Matheran
04:30 pm : Reach Dasturi and take taxi to reach Neral
05:30 pm : Reach Neral and board 05:49 pm CSMT fast local
07:28 pm: Reach CSMT

Cost Inclusions :

Travel from Karjat to base village
Dasturi to Neral by private/sharing taxi
Breakfast
First aid, guide and expertise charges only

Things to Carry :

2 litres of water
Packed lunch or snacks for lunch
Trekking shoes (Action Trekking or Coaster CTR shoes are recomended, avoid Forclaz/Quechua/Running/Other sports shoes for treks in Maharashtra)
Glucon D or Elecrolyte Powder
Medicine as necessary to you

Important Note :

We will visit One Tree Hill View Point and not climb the actual pinnacle, it is not safe to climb.
There is one small stall at One Tree Hill Point, there one can have tea/snacks at own cost, if you do not plan to carry lunch, then you can have lunch at Matheran Market which is 1 hour walk from One Tree Hill Point.

Overview :

One tree hill is a view point at Matheran, a small hill connected through a natural rock bridge. One can trek to this point from Ambewadi village. The trek starts with a gradual ridge climb with amazing views of Morbe Dam. After that you reach a big plateau with views of Irshalgad. As you move ahead you climb through rocky terrain and small waterfall to reach the top. From here you have a beautiful forest walk for an hour to reach Matheran market. One can shop and have some snacks around here and explore. From Matheran market you can walk across the toy train railway track to reach Dasturi Taxi stand where the trek ends. This trek is a combination of ridge climb, lush green plateau, small waterfall and forest walk. It's an easy grade trek with no difficult climbing patches but the long walks and 2.5 hours climb need good fitness and endurance, can be a good trek for fit beginners.

How do you determine your fitness?

Trekking requires good cardiovascular fitness. One can improve this by going for a run on a regular basis and breathing exercises also helps. Smoking also hampers lung capacity, avoid smoking if you want to improve your cardiovascular health.
Even though trekking requires full body strength but strong lower body helps a great deal. Hamstring, Glute and Calves are main muscles that are put to test on treks to name a few. Gym goers often pay less attention to lower body workouts and hence sometimes struggle on trek.
Some treks have less elevation gain (height gain) but are long treks, those trek require good endurance. Endurance can not be built overnight, it takes a long time and constant active lifestyle.
Just because you take long walks, do yoga or go to the gym does not necessarily mean that you are in good fitness. The type of workout you do and your cardiovascular fitness is what matters on treks.
If you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 25 then you should only start with Easy treks.

How do we grade our treks ?
Easy: Ideal for first timers but if you are not in good fitness or have a less active lifestyle then select treks which have less than 2 hours of climbing.

Easy Moderate: Ideal for first timers, but requires good endurance as these treks may have longer duration of climb even though terrain may be easy.
Moderate: These trek require good fitness and the terrain can be challenging, like constant climb or tricky patches. These are usually recommended only if you have done a few treks before and have done well on them. Fit and active beginners can also do these treks but we always suggest to start with easy treks.
Moderate-Difficult: These trek are only for trekkers who have done few moderate level treks before and have good fitness and endurance.

Difficult: These treks either have long trekking hours or have technical climb or both. Only suitable for people who trek regularly.

a) You can cancel your booking 2 days prior to the start of the event day and take 80% refund (E.g. For Sunday morning event you can cancel up to Thursday night 11:59 pm, however for events leaving Saturday night you can cancel up to Wednesday night 11:59 pm)

b) If you cancel after that time limit, then you will neither get any refund nor the amount will be adjusted in future events under any circumstances.

c) However, you can always send someone eligible as your replacement. No extra charges or cancellation charges will be levied for the same.

d) Our events are planned assuming normal weather and normal conditions, in case of occurrence of any natural calamities, riots, political unrest, outbreak of disease or other such circumstances which are beyond our control, the event may be cancelled, Leaders decision will be final and binding on all participants, under such circumstances, No refund will be provided.

e) Any eligible refund as per above policy will be processed within 3 working days.

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