- Few
- visitors
- to
- Mussoorie
- go
- beyond
- the
- Mall
- or
- beyond
- the
- roads.
- There
- are
- virtually
- no
- signs
- to
- guide
- the
- way
- to
- most
- of
- the
- tracks
- outlined
- in
- the
- book.
- Those
- of
- you
- who
- visit
- Mussoorie
- for
- only
- days
- or
- weeks
- have
- no
- time
- to
- waste
- on
- dead-ends,
- and
- so
- this
- book
- provides
- the
- necessary
- information
- to
- reach
- these
- remote
- places.
- All
- the
- maps
- in
- this
- book
- were
- produced
- using
- a
- global
- positioning
- system
- device,
- so
- they
- are
- all
- to
- scale,
- and
- all
- of
- the
- walks
- can
- be
- completed
- within
- a
- day.
- The
- book
- gives
- directions
- on
- where
- you
- can
- access
- the
- tracks
- to
- download
- the
- gpx
- format.Mussoorie
- runs
- from
- west
- (the
- library
- end)
- to
- east
- (the
- Picture
- Palace
- end)
- along
- an
- escarpment.
- Walks
- from
- Mussoorie
- past
- the
- library
- end
- take
- you
- to
- Happy
- Valley
- (Walk
- 12),
- Kempty
- Falls
- (Walk
- 15),
- the
- ruins
- of
- Mackinnon's
- Brewery
- (Walk
- 20),
- George
- Everest's
- House
- (Walk
- 31),
- and
- Benog
- (Walk
- 28).
- Walks
- past
- the
- Picture
- Palace
- end
- take
- you
- to
- Lal
- Tibba
- (Walk
- 13),
- Top
- Tibba
- (Walks
- 1),
- the
- valley
- to
- the
- north
- of
- Masrana
- (Walk
- 9),
- and
- Surkanda
- Devi
- (Walk
- 6).
- All
- of
- these
- walks
- take
- you
- through
- forests
- and
- streams,
- and
- past
- small
- villages.
- On
- a
- clear
- day
- you
- can
- see
- panoramic
- views
- of
- the
- Garhwal
- ranges
- of
- the
- Himalayas
- from
- vantage
- points
- along
- many
- of
- the
- walks.The
- maps
- in
- this
- book
- were
- constructed
- by
- the
- authors
- using
- a
- global
- positioning
- system
- device.
- There
- will
- be
- slight
- errors
- with
- the
- tracks
- as
- the
- accuracy
- is
- only
- as
- good
- as
- the
- access
- to
- satellites.
- This
- means
- that
- in
- some
- places,
- particularly
- in
- the
- valleys,
- errors
- can
- be
- up
- to
- about
- 30
- m
- (both
- on
- the
- ground
- and
- in
- altitude).
- Be
- aware
- that
- the
- kilometres
- for
- the
- walks
- are
- based
- on
- the
- surface
- of
- the
- earth,
- so
- do
- not
- account
- for
- climbs
- and
- descents.
- Consequently,
- we
- have
- also
- listed
- the
- ascent
- and
- descents
- for
- each
- walk,
- to
- give
- a
- better
- indication
- of
- the
- hike.
- In
- addition,
- the
- maps
- are
- far
- from
- complete.
- At
- the
- front
- of
- the
- book
- you
- will
- find
- a
- master
- map
- that
- covers
- all
- of
- the
- 35
- walks.
- For
- each
- walk,
- we
- then
- provide
- a
- section
- of
- the
- master
- map
- pertaining
- to
- the
- specific
- walk,
- along
- with
- the
- route
- for
- the
- walk
- itself.
- For
- each
- walk,
- we
- then
- provide
- some
- general
- information
- followed
- by
- a
- graph
- showing
- the
- altitude,
- and
- numbered
- steps
- to
- guide
- you
- along
- each
- section
- of
- the
- walk.
- The
- steps
- are
- numbered
- on
- the
- maps
- and
- the
- graphs
- so
- you
- can
- (we
- hope)
- easily
- find
- your
- way
- from
- one
- section
- to
- another.This
- new
- edition
- has
- arisen
- because
- of
- a
- number
- of
- requests
- from
- readers
- and
- the
- ever-changing
- landscape
- around
- Mussoorie.
- First,
- we
- have
- had
- a
- number
- of
- requests
- from
- readers
- to
- have
- more
- shorter
- walks.
- So,
- this
- version
- now
- has
- more
- walks,
- many
- of
- which
- are
- less
- than
- 4
- hours.
- Second,
- with
- each
- village
- now
- having
- road
- access,
- some
- of
- the
- original
- paths
- became
- roads,
- while
- the
- detritus
- from
- some
- of
- the
- roadwork
- caused
- landslides
- onto
- other
- paths
- below.
- Many
- of
- these
- paths
- below
- are
- now
- unsafe.
- Because
- it
- is
- not
- that
- interesting
- to
- walk
- along
- the
- roads,
- with
- the
- roads
- being
- longer
- and
- more
- gradual
- than
- the
- original
- paths,
- we
- have
- tried
- to
- find
- alternative
- ways
- so
- that
- time
- spent
- on
- these
- roads
- is
- minimised.
- Third,
- some
- of
- the
- paths
- are
- little-used,
- so
- the
- forest
- now
- encroaches
- on
- them
- so
- that
- they
- are
- impassable.
- We
- have
- modified
- some
- of
- the
- walks
- so
- that
- these
- overgrown
- paths
- are
- omitted
- from
- the
- book.
- Finally,
- some
- of
- the
- properties
- in
- Mussoorie
- used
- to
- allow
- common
- thoroughfare.
- Many
- of
- the
- new
- owners
- of
- these
- private
- properties
- have
- fenced
- them
- off,
- so
- that
- they
- are
- no
- longer
- accessible.In
- finalising
- this
- book
- in
- late
- 2024,
- we
- have
- walked
- every
- single
- path,
- checked
- all
- instructions,
- and
- redrawn
- all
- maps
- and
- graphs.
- However,
- Mussoorie
- is
- ever-changing,
- so
- some
- paths
- will
- change
- in
- the
- future.
- When
- we
- know
- about
- these,
- we
- will
- provide
- updated
- instructions
- on
- the
- website
- indicated
- in
- the
- book.We
- hope
- you
- enjoy
- discovering
- the
- spectacular
- natural
- beauty
- of
- Mussoorie
- as
- much
- as
- we have.
