December plan: NH75 to Mudigere, then down Charmadi at sunrise
@host_creta · 1 week ago
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I've been plotting my December weekend and keep landing on the same loop. Bengaluru out on NH75 to Hassan, a night at Mudigere, then down Charmadi Ghat in the morning light and back up the same way.
Reading the Wikipedia page on the ghat, it counts 12 hairpins and a climb from roughly 150m near Charmadi village to 970m at Kottigehara, and describes the road as very narrow. That tallies with what owners say about meeting a bus mid bend. No permits anywhere on this route, which is half the appeal.
On the car I'd check brake fluid age and front pad thickness first, because a dozen hairpins downhill means plenty of left foot. I set tyre pressures to the door sticker figure and slot the DCT into manual so it holds a lower gear on descents.
Fog is the thing that actually worries me. Lane keep goes quiet when the markings disappear.
Anyone driven Charmadi this year?
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irfan_nair· 1 week agoArjun, haven't done Charmadi myself but that fog bit is exactly what I'd worry about too, hill fog plus a road that narrow on the Creta's cams and lane keep is not going to help once markings vanish. I'd just trust the foglamps and go slow in manual mode like you planned. One thing, are you carrying a spare or running on the kit one, that many hairpins can be rough on sidewalls.
