PARBAL

A good nature walk. Parbal is a huge flat plateau with a forest, parallel to MATHERAN. In fact, it could have been developed as a hill station but for the shortage of water. It can be seen from MATHERAN and all the nearby forts and peaks.

Grade :- MEDIUM
Height :- 2318 feet

Getting Here :-

	Traveling on the road from PANVEL To CHOWK, get down at POINJE village Phata, 6 kilometers before CHOWK.
	From the road POINTE village is 2 kilometers. Climb up a small spur to the middle plateau. The IRSHAL ridge runs northwest to southeast. From the plateau move north along the base of the wall.
	Climb up the southwest gully for PARBAL on the right. This is the first gully of the traverse. The route takes one through a dilapidated fort wall. A lake, a water tank (on the extreme southern end) and a huge thickly forested plateau on the top.
	From the middle plateau, a connecting ridge leads to IRSHAL or one can also proceed across an old landslide, descend through the valley to village VAROSA (6 kilometers) then to CHOWK (6 kilometers).

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