Vairatgad

Fort: Vairatgad (3939 feet above MSL)
Region : Wai
Grade : Medium

We did this trek during monsoons last year July 2006 when the monsoons were on peak. I did it through vxtrek a company trekking group with Shash, Asmita, Abhijit, Swati and one more person.

Vairatgad is located in the Wai region.

We were to assemble at around 6am at Mayfair office but like always IST we assembled at 6.30am and started finally at around 7am from Pune. We went via the satara road towards wai. The sky was overcast and it was raining like hell in Pune too.

We had a break in between at Natraj Hotel for breakfast. I had some Upma which tasted good and again we started towards wai. We reached at around 8.30am nearby wai and asked for directions towards Vairatgad.

Finally we found the right way and went to the base and started climbing. It was pouring by now and the route was too slippery thanks to the rain and the mud which had turned to slush.
Finally after around 1 hour we reached the top. Took some photos and had our lunch in the temple there. After lunch we immediately started down and now the actual fun began. As we were descending we were slipping like hell and I was really scared this time as I was afraid to go down but well anyway with Shash and Abhijit's help we came down and heaved a sigh of relief !!

We started towards our vehicle and went towards Pandavgad. Pandavgad in next blog write up. Trek 10 accomplished!