Kochi to Vagamon via Erattupetta: November light, hairpins, and no permit office to visit
@host_classic350 · 1 week ago
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November is the month I keep free for this one. Out of Kochi before eight, Muvattupuzha and Thodupuzha while the air is still cool, then the climb from Erattupetta with its string of hairpins. The Hosteller's route notes put it at roughly 105 km and three to four and a half hours, and October to March as the clear window. On a Classic that timing is generous, which is exactly the point. I am not trying to make time on a 350.
The nice part is there is no forest permit, no check post, no calling anyone the previous day. Just you, the rubber estates and the meadows at the top.
What I check the night before: tyre pressure and chain slack, because the hairpins ask a lot of both, and brakes, since you will be using engine plus rear all the way down. The service schedule story is worth a glance if your due date is anywhere near.
Who else rides up the Erattupetta side, and does anyone prefer the Mundakayam approach?
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ananya_kulkarni· 1 week agoJoseph, good checklist. Chain slack matters more than people think on the Classic, slightly loose and you feel it every hairpin on the way down. Never done the Mundakayam side, is the tarmac better there or just a shorter approach? Also curious if fuel stops are sorted before Erattupetta or do you top up in Thodupuzha itself.
