Rankings of mountains in Sahyadris according to their heights from mean sea level

Rankings of mountains in Sahyadris according to their heights from mean sea level

Here is about rankings of 100 mountains from Highest to lowest in the Sahyadris.
By the way,Sahyadris are having more than 500 mountains all over Maharashtra .The following table contains only Popularly known mountains amongst trekkers.There might be many other mountains.
Rankings of mountains from 1650 meters height till 1100 meters in height are 99% accurate But from 1100 meters and below,there are many mountains from 1100 till 300 meters from mean sea level hence I have picked up popularly known mountains only but still I have tried to maintain 90% accuracy in this category



Here is the Ranking table

Rank	Mountain Name	Height in meters(Mean Sea Level)	Height in meters from Base village to top	Base village[s]	Description	Difficulty Rating
1	Kalsubai	1648 meters	950+ meters	Bari,Uddavane near Bhandardara	Highest peak in Maharashtra	Medium to little bit tough
2	Salher	1567 meters	900 meters to 1400 meters(from Gujrat)	Vaghambe,Salher Satana dist Nasik, Chinchali(Dang district Gujrat )	Highest fort in Maharashtra and second highest peak in Sahyadris	Medium
3	Ghanchakkar	1532 m	800	Shirpunje,Kumshet Akole dist Ahmednagar	Third highest peak	Difficult and confusing routes
4	Muda/ Gavlideo dongar	1520 m	800	Shirpunje,Kumshet	Fourth highest peak	Difficult
5	Kirda	1516 m	800	Uddavane near Bhandardara dam	Neighbour of Kalsubai	Medium
6	Karkai Dongar	1488 m	750 to 800	Kolhewadi near Malshej on the other side of Pimpalgaon Joge dam	Neighbour of Harishchandragad	Medium
7	Takara	1480 m	700+	Salher	The final pinnacle is difficult to climb	Difficult
8	Alang	1479 m	700+	Ambewadi near Igatpuri Nasik Dist	Difficult fort in Sahyadris. Lot of traverses needed to reach the top	Very Difficult
9	Kulang	1471 m	1250+ m	Ambewadi   near Igatpuri Nasik Dist	Highest climb in Sahyadris from Base village to top.You can see almost 50 forts from top of Kulang	Difficult
10	Madangad	1466 m	700+	Ambewadi near Igatpuri Nasik Dist	Rock climbing for the pinnacle	Very difficult
11	Dhodap	1452 m	700+	Dhodambe near Saptashringi and Kalwan Nasik District	The final pinnacle needs rock climbing	Medium to difficult
12	Pandhara	1450 m	700+	Bari near Bhandardara	Very Very barren. Not a single leaf of grass on this mountain	Difficult
13	Mahabaleshwar	1431 m	500(from Wai) to 800+(from Konkan)	Jawali near Poladpur dist Raigad and Wai dist Satara	Hill station	Very easy
14	Harishchandragad	1429 m	800+ From Khireshwar, 530 meters from Pachnai and 1100 meters from Belpada	Khireshwar from Malshej ghat dist Pune,Pachnai from Akole dist  Ahmednagar and Belpada Murbad taluka Thane	Exhaustive trek of minimum 14 to max 35 kms	Medium
15	Ambedara	1428 m	500	Pimpalgaon Joge dam wall near Otur dist Pune		Medium
16	Mahakaal dongar	1427 m	700	Ekdara near Avandh Patta fort and Vasali near Taaked dist Nasik		Medium
17	Saptashringi	1416 m	550	Vani dist Nasik	Motorable road till the steps	Medium
18	Katrabai	1408 m	700+	Kumshet/Ratanwadi	This place is only accessible from Ratanwadi and Kumshet.From Konkan,it is not possible to climb because it is having a straight rock exposure of 1200 meters.	Difficult
19	Torna	1403 m	600	Velhe dist Pune and from Rajgad fort Pali darwaza		Easy to Medium
20	Raireshwar	1398 m	550	Korle,Nigudghar near Bhor dist Pune	Motorable road till halfway(barring rainy seasons)	Easy
21	Sindola	1395 m	650	Mutkhel near Bhandardara dam		Medium
22	Patta fort	1390 m	300 to 700 meters	Pattawadi Akole Taluka and Taaked Igatpuri Taluka. 300 meters climb from Pattawadi and 700 meters from Taaked		Easy(From Pattawadi)  and  Medium(From Nasik dist)
23	Ajoba dongar	1375 m	1200 meters	Dehne Shahapur taluka Thane and Kumshet Akole taluka Ahmednagar Highest mountain in Konkan	Samadhi of Valmiki Rishi and birth place of Lav and Kush.Special care to be taken by trekkers.This mountain has got large number of snakes and scorpions than any other place in Sahyadris	Difficult
24	Rajgad	1374 m	600 m	Gunjavne,Vajeghar  village Velhe taluka Pune		Easy to Medium
25	Kamalgad	1374	550 meters	Dhom near Wai dist Satara		Medium
26	Indrai	1370	450 m	Chandwad dist Nasik		Medium
27	Markandya	1336 m	500 m	Vani Near Saptashringi	Connected to Saptashringi by a col	Medium
28	Rawlya-Jawlya	1332 m	500m	Kalwan  and same as Markandya fort	Markandya,Saptashringi and Rawalya are connected together	Medium
29	Mangi-Tungi	1329 m	400 m	Mangi, Pimpalner dist Dhule	This is the starting point of Sahyadris.The final pinnacle is difficult to climb	Medium to difficult
30	Avandh	1319	400 m	Tirdhe near Patta fort and Lahavit near Deolali Nasik	Joined with Patta fort pleateau	Medium
31	Mulher	1318 m	550 m	Mulher,Taharabad Satana dist Nasik		Medium
32	Sinhagad	1315 m	350 m	Donje ,Kondhanpur Taluka Haveli Pune	Motorable road till the top	Easy
33	Purandar	1309 m	500 m	Narayanpur Taluka Saswad Dist Pune	Motorable road till the temple.Further a 150 meter climb till the top	Easy
34	Anjaneri	1300 m	400 m	Anjaneri  Dist Nasik near Trimbakeshwar	Birth place of Hanuman	Easy
35	Kenjalgad	1302 m	450 m	Approached from Wai and also from Raireshwar		Medium
35	Ratangad	1300 m	650 m	Ratanwadi / Kumshet Taluka Akole dist Ahmednagar		Medium to difficult
36	Nimgiri	1295 m	400 m	Nimgiri,Taluka Junnar Dist Pune	This is on the way to Nane Ghat	Medium
37	Brahmagiri	1295 m	350 m	Trimbakeshwar Dist Nasik		Easy
38	Nhavi Killa(Also known as Ratangad)	1280	400 m	Mangi-Tungi village Tal Pimpalner dist Dhule	Neighbour of Mangi-Tungi	Medium
39	Pabargad	1275 m	450 m	Randha falls Bhandardara,Guhire village		Medium
40	Dhakoba	1265 m	400+(from Darya ghat) to 1000 meters through Dhasai	Darya ghat near Amboli Junnar and Dhasai tal Murbad dist Thane		Medium
41	Makarandgad	1240 m	800 m	Ghonaspur Taluka Poladpur dist Raigad		Difficult
42	Hatakeshwar	1250 m	350 m	Madh Tal Junnar on the Malshej road	The Ganpati  ghat short cut motorable road from Junnar to Malshej is on this mountain	Easy
43	Ahiwant	1230		Same as Saptashringi		Difficult
44	Utwad	1228 m	400 m	Ghoti Taluka Igatpuri Nasik		Medium
45	Sindola fort	1210m	350 m	Khubi village near Malshej		Easy
46	Wakri	1195	400 m	Ratanwadi near Ratangad and Kumshet		Difficult
47	Durg Killa	1175 m	450 m	Darya Ghat Near Amboli Junnar and Ahupe near Bhimashankar	Very dense forests in this area	Medium to difficult
48	Vasota	1171	600m	Tapola near Mahabaleshwar and via boat till Vasota  Base village Met Indavli	Very dense forests infested with bears. Also tigers can be found here.This area comes under Koyna wildlife sanctuary	Very difficult
49	Bhairavgad	1150 m	500 m	Shirpunje Taluka Akole dist Ahmednagar	Neighbour of Ghanchakkar- Muda	Medium
50	Jiwdhan	1145 m	400 m	Ghatghar near Nane ghat		Medium
51	Chandwad	1125	250 m	Chandwad dist Nasik		Easy
52	Harihar	1120	450	Hariharwadi Tal Jawahar dist Thane and Trimbakeshwar dist Nasik	The rock face is like prism and it is almost 200 degrees from the base.	Medium to slightly difficult
55	Rohida	1112 m	250 m	Bazarwadi near Bhor dist Pune		Easy
56	Tikona	1092 m	200 m	Tikona PethVadgaon Maval dist Pune		Easy
57	Bitangad	1090 m	350 m	Ekdara near Patta fort Nasik		Difficult
58	Pratapgad	1086 m	800 m	Jawali Poladpur dist Raigad and 150 meters height  from the motorable road of Mahabaleshwar		Medium
59	Tung or Kathingad	1075 m	350 m	Tung wadi near Lonavla dist Pune		Medium
60	Chawand	1065 m	250 m	Chawandwadi Near Junnar on Nane ghat road		Medium
61	Visapur fort	1065	250 m	Malawli near Lonavla dist Pune		Easy
62	Kokan Diwa dongar	1035 m	600 m	Sandoshi near Raigad fort dist Raigad and Garjaiwadi near Panshet dist Pune		Difficult
63	Lohagad	1020 m	200 m	Malawli Near Lonavla Pune		Easy
64	Telbaila	1013	450 m	Thanal near Sudhagad Pali dist Raigad and Telbail village near Mulshi dist Pune		Difficult
65	Ghonemal	1013 m		From Bhimashankar and Ahupe	Ahupe ghat is situated in this mountain	??
66	Damdamia	1008	800 m	Naarivli tal Murbad dist Thane and Bhimashankar dist Pune		Medium
67	Bhimashankar	1005 m	800 m	Khandas Taluka Karjat dist Raigad		Medium to slight difficult
68	Shivneri	1002 m	250 m	Junnar dist Pune		Easy
69	Ajinkyatara	1000 m	200 m	Satara district		Easy
70	Mangad	991 m	150 m	Jite taluka Mangaon dist Raigad		Easy
71	Tringalwadi fort	987	300 m	Tringalwadi near Igatpuri Nasik		Medium
72	Siddhagad	982 m	800 m	Naarivli Taluka Murbad dist Thane		Medium to slightly difficult
73	Prachitgad	971 m	600 m	Nayri Taluka Sangameshwar dist Ratnagiri and Rundiv dist Sangki located in the Warna wildlife sanctuary		Difficult
74	Bhudargad	970 m		Bhudargad Kolhapur		Medium
75	Malhargad	955	150 meters	Dive Ghat Taluka Saswad dist Pune		Easy
76	Jyotiba	952 m	200 m	Kolhapur		Easy
78	Sajjangad	950 m	300 m	Parli dist satara	Motorable road till the footsteps. Only 100 meters climb from the steps	Easy
79	Koregad	929 m	250 m	Ambavne near Amby Valley Lonavla		Easy
80	Kavnai fort	916 m	350 m	Kavnai neat Ghoti Igatpuri Nasik	Original place of Sinhasta Kumbh Mela	Medium
81	Lingana fort	908	450 m	Paane Taluka Mahad dist Raigad		Difficult
82	Jungli Jaigad	901 m	400 meters	Koynanagar	Infested with wild animals since this fort comes under Koyna wild life sanctuary	Difficult
83	Raigad	862 m	350 m	Pachad Taluka Mahad Raigad dist		Easy
84	Rajmachi	836 m	450 m	Kondane tal Khopoli dist Raigad,Valvan Near Lonavla Pune		Easy from Lonavla and Medium from Karjat
85	Nane Ghat	830 m	350 m from Konkan and 60 meters from Ghatghar	Vaishakare Taluka Murbad Thane and Ghatghar Junnar taluka Pune	Ancient trade route	Easy
86	Madhe Ghat	826 m	400 m from Konkan and flat walk of 2 kms from Kelad village	Kelaad taluka Velhe Pune and Shivtharghal taluka Mahad dist Raigad	Motorable road from Velhe till Kelaad village	Easy
87	Talegaon Fort	813 m	300 m	Igatpuri Dist Nasik or Kasara dist Thane	3 kms from Igatpuri on the railwayroute to Kasara	Easy
88	Chandragad	805 m	450 m	Umrathe on Poladpur Mahabaleshwar route	Also approached from Arthur seat point of Mahabaleshwar	Medium to Difficult
89	Haji Malang	790	200 m	Kalyan		Easy
90	Dhan gad	782 m	350 m	Mulshi Bhambarde		Medium
91	Chanderi-Mhasmal	790 m	450 m	Badlapur-Ambernath		Medium
92	Matheran	767	500 m	Neral		Easy
93	Kangori Mangalgad	765	500 m	Pimpalwadi  10 kms left after getting down Varandha ghat.Also approachable from Poladpur on Mumbai Goa highway		Difficult
94	Mahimantgad	750 m	450 m	Devrukh Sangamesgwar taluka Ratnagiri	Approaches are nearby Marleshwar village	Medium to difficult
95	Prabalgad	717 m	600 m	10 kms from Shedung on Mumbai Pune old highway	Dense forests.Tis mountain of Prabalgad was also suggested as hill station along with Matheran but since lack of ample amount of water,it was not considered	Medium to difficult
96	Tungareshwar	664 m	400 m	Kaman village on Mumbai Ahmedabad highway.Buses available from Vasai		Medium
97	Gorakhgad	651 m	500+ m	Dehri Murbad Taluka Thane	Buses  and Jeeps available from Murbad.Neighbour of Sidhagad and Ahupe ghat	Medium to difficult
98	Sudhagad/Bhorai	620 m	450 m	Thakurwadi Pacchapur near Pali Taluka Sudhagad dist Raigad	Popularly known as Bhorai in Pali area.So when you want toapproach this fort,ask for Bhorai fort.Nobody knows that this fort name is Sudhagad	Medium
99	Amboli Parghat	600 m	400+ m	Amboli Taluka Sawantwadi Sindhudurg		Easy
100	Macchindragad	557 m	400 m	Dehri Murbad Taluka Thane	Same approaches as Gorakhgad	Difficult

Trekking Season in Sahyadris: From November till mid march

Forts/mountains which can be trekked even in Summer season
Makarandgad near Mahabaleshwar, Pargad near Amboli, Harishchandragad from Pachnai/Kothale village,Ratangad from Ratanwadi , Vasota, Jungli Jaigad and the Koyna region , Ajoba Parvat near Asangaon, Prabalgad near Matheran , Karnala on Mumbai Goa highway



The other mountains mentioned in the table also can be trekked in Summer season but since there is shortage of water in majority areas of Sahyadris hence advised to start trek early in morning and start descending down 2 to 3 hours before sunset

 

A brief description of texture of Sahyadris

Sahyadris starts from Mangi Tungi village near Pimpalner which is on the border with Dhule and Nasik district in Maharashtra and Dang district in Gujrat into the Tapi valley and run in the North South directions parallel to the Arabian sea

From this starting point, there are many peaks which are averaging around 1300 to 1400 meters.Salher the highest fort in Sahyadris is situated here. From Saptashringi,the Sahyadri range is bifurcated.Towards the east,there are mountain ranges till Chandwad-Manmad region whereas the Peth-Surgana –Dindori area of Nasik has very few Sahyadri mountains.This area is gentle without any sharp rising peaks. Thus mountains are absent in this area. Sahyadris are discontinuous in this area

Again the Sahyadri mountains starts rising nearby Dindori area of Nasik with mountains like Ramshej,Bhorgad and thereafter from the Trimbakeshwar till Tillari in Goa, the mountain range is continuous.

In Igatpuri region, mountains are around 900 meters to 1000 meters in heigt

Further from Igatpuri when moving towards south near Bhandardara region, the Sahyadris start rising to its maximum. Kulang fort(1471 m) near Igatpuri has the highest elevation from base village till the top.Almost 50 forts and mountains can be seen from top of Kulang(Right from Salher till Siddhagad near Bhimashankar.So almost half the sahyadri range can be seen from just one mountain )

From Ratangad,Sahyadris birfucate a little bit with peaks like Wakri-Muda-Ghanchakkar-Bhairavgad but this bifurcation is very small.The rock face of Katrabai and Ajoba adjoining Ratangad have highest drop in the Sahyadris

Further,Kalsubai (1648 m/5500 feet) is the highest mountain in the Sahyadris located in Bhandardara region.Mountains in this area are having height of around 1400 to 1500 meters averagely.Highest most peaks of Sahyadris are located in this area.

From Kalsubai,Sahyadris is again bifurcated .The main Sahyadri range continues running north-south direction and also from Kalsubai, one mountain range named Kalsubai range runs east-west direction till Avandh-Patta near Sinnar district Nasik

Further from Harishchandragad, one more mountain range bifurcates from the main Sahyadris.This mountain range is called as Harishchandra range which runs in east direction from Harishchandragad till Tuljapur dist Osmanabad in Maharashtra(From Ahmednagar district,this mountain range is also called as Balaghat mountain ranges)

After Harishchandragad,there are very few mountains in Sahyadris having height around 1400 meters.After Harishchandragad,Only Torna(1403) and Mahabaleshwar(1431) are the mountains having height of around 1400 meters.But since Torna is not located in main Sahyadris,hence we can only say that in the main sahyadris,after Harishchandragad,only Mahabaleshwar has got height more than 1400 meters in the main sahyadris.

The kokan kada of Harishchandragad is having a straight drop of 1000 meters which is second highest in sahyadris

From Malshej ghat till Mahabaleshwar,Sahyadris have average height of 800 to 1000 meters with Dhakoba(1265 m) is the highest point in this region near the Darya ghat a pass to descend into konkan from Junnar .Further fromAhupe ghat to Bhimashankar till Lonavla ->Mulshi-Panshet valley, the mountain average height is around 700 to 1000 meters with Ghonemal(Ahupe ghat 1013 meters) is the highest point in this area

Further the Sahyadris run continuosly till the Panshet valley in Velhe. Again the sahyadri range bifurcates from Panshet valley running east west direction adjoining the Pune region.Forts like Sinhagad,Torna,Rajgad and Purandar is situated in this mountain range called Bhuleshwar range.This mountain range ends at Bhuleshwar near Yawat in Daund Taluka Pune district.

From Panshet valley till Varandha ghat to Mahabaleshwar,the Sahyadris have average height of 700 meters.From Mahabaleshwar,one more bifurcation of sahyadris takes place.This east west running mountain ranges start from Mahabaleshwar-Kolheshwar-Raireshwar area and ends near Shikhar Shingnapur near Phaltan district Satara bordering Solapur district. This mountain range is called as Shambhu-Mahadev Ranges

Further from Mahabaleshwar-Makarandgad till Vasota fort located in the Koyna valley, there are mountains having height around 1000 to 1200 meters

But after Vasota fort,till Kolhapur-Sindhudurg districts and further till Goa where the Sahyadris end,there are no mountain above 1000 meters in height. This region has mountains from 500 meters till 900 meters and the Sahyadris end nearby the Paar ghat area bordering Chandgad Taluka Kolhapur district, Belgaum district Karnataka and the Sattari-Valpoi talukas of North Goa

Some facts

Areas without mountains in Maharashtra:

Solapur ,Dhule, Latur districts and interior parts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra have no mountain ranges and rarely any mountain present there

Though Ahmednagar has record of having Highest mountains in Sahyadris barring the few parts of Sahyadris, Southern part of Ahmednagar district also has no mountains

The Baramati-Daund and Shirur areas of Pune and  Dindori-Peth-Surgana regions of Nasik has less or no mountains.

Forts in Sahyadris

Raigad district has highest number of forts in Sahyadris followed by Nasik, Pune, Thane, Ahmednagar,Satara,Ratnagiri,Kolhapur,Sindhudurg and Sangli

Rock faces in Sahyadris

Popularly known Kada in Marathi language

The rock faces of Ajoba –Katrabai-Ratangad are highest in Sahyadris having straight drop of 1200 meters into the konkan followed by the Kokan kada of Harishchandragad with 1000 to 1100 meters

Rock face on Vasota fort called as Babu Kada (known as ‘Babu Khaad’ in local language) is the third highest in Sahyadris

Rock face on Dhakoba adjoining Darya ghat near Junnar is the fourth highest with 900 meters drop into konkan

Also the rock face on Jiwdhan near Nane ghat has a rock face comparable with Dhakoba in height

Rest other part of Sahyadris,you will find jutting out rock faces of around 300 meters to 700 meters throughought the western ghats.