Mahakudugala Hike 2101m

Year and Month	03rd March 2018
Number of Days	Two
Crew	10
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Hired Vehicle
Activities	Hiking, Nature Exploring, Photography, Mountaineering, Caving
Weather	Good
Route	Colombo -> Avissawella -> Hatton -> Thalawakele -> Nanuoya -> Nuwaraeliya -> Uda Pussellawa Road -> Brookeside -> Mahakudugala Estate -> Halgranoya Forest Office
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Take prior permission from the regional forest office Carry enough water 2Lx2 Do not try this on rainy days Beware of Leopards Follow the footpath otherwise, it supposes to be lost Sensitive environment, hence please protect it Leave only footprints
Related Resources	None
Author	Ranshan Fernando
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GPS Location of the Mountain – 7.043268, 80.844389

Mahakudugala is a beautiful mountain situated near Ragala. It was located in Mahakudugala estate which is owned by State plantation. The trail head of the mountain is at the Forest office, Halgranoya. Since our crew was 10 members, we requested special permission from the Forest Dept head office through Kandy Regional office and we were lucky to have it without any delay.

In my previous list of mountains, Mahakudugala was located on the 11th. But when I updated my list I saw that there were few mountain summits taller than Mahakudugala. Hence at present Mahakudugala Mountain (2101m) is at the 15th place of my list of mountains. Since we have a friend at Nuwaraeliya, we planned everything smoothly and informed the forest office about our visit and we reached the trail head in the early morning.

The footpath is clear and it is about 60-90 minutes hike along with the forest patch and you can easily reach to the base of the summit rocky plain. And there is about 10m stretch which should go carefully because the slope of that edge is nearly 80 degrees. However, we were able to reach the summit within an hour and we spent a few times over there. Piduruthalagala mountain range was fully covered by mist and I have seen Knuckles 5 peaks, Alugal Kanda, Dumbanagala from the north side of the mountain.

Remember, the original route is starting from the Forest office of Halgranoya hence if you wish to hike from there you should take prior permission from the regional office. Or else you can climb this mountain from Mahakudugala estate side and it will be also as same. There are some folks related to the dead body of King Ravana and there are few caves near to the main road of Mahakudugala Estate.

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Sobasiri Team ©