So, me and my friends had planned this trek with Trek Mates India. We started our journey at night and went to Karjat in train. We took Khopoli train from Thane at 11:58pm and reached Karjat at 1:20am
We headed towards the base village in a local cab
It was a 45 mins journey. We took a power nap in the car as we were going to start our trek in the night
We started our trek at 2:30 am and we reached the top at 5 am. We took multiple breaks as some of them were beginners and also because it was night time so it was little difficult to trek with the torch. We wanted to witness the beautiful sunrise
We saw the sunrise at 6 and were exploring the nearby area at the top. It is well maintained and we even had our breakfast at a stall. We took some pictures and immediately started descending as it would be very difficult to trek once its sunny.
We started descending at 7 am and reached the base at 8:45am. On our way we saw some amazing view of the dam and the surrounding mountains. We walked through the forest part and enjoyed our journey with friends.
We headed back to Karjat station by the local cab. It was an easy trek but it is preferable to do in monsoon or winters. If doing in summer, do it in the night so you can head back early before the sunrise