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How Panth researches trail facts

Every trail on Panth is a structured record. This page explains where its facts come from, how they are checked, what the labels mean, and how mistakes are fixed.

Who checks the facts

Panth is edited by Vijay Kumar Singh. Research and drafting use software tools, including AI assistants. Facts on source-reviewed pages come from the sources linked on each page, not from the tools, and where sources disagree the page shows both figures instead of picking one silently.

What the labels mean

Which sources come first

Every source on a trail page carries one of four labels, so you can see what kind of evidence a fact rests on.

31 of the 77 source-reviewed pages cite at least one official source. The others rely on references, news and guides for now, and are upgraded as official sources are found.

How a page is checked

  1. List the facts that matter for planning: start point, distance (and whether it is one-way or return), height, days, season, permits and fees, closures and safety.
  2. Find a source for each, official where one exists, and record the date it was checked.
  3. Cross-check the numbers. Where two sources disagree, for example on a summit height, both figures are shown.
  4. Remove anything no source supports rather than guess. Unsupported distances, heights and itinerary days have been taken out of pages for this reason.
  5. Tag facts that change every season, and set a date by which they will be checked again.
  6. Log every factual correction publicly, on the trail page and in the corrections log.

What Panth does not verify

Panth does not check live trail conditions, weather, snow or river levels, and none of its routes is a GPS-verified track unless the page says so. Permit rules and fees can change after the check date. Use Panth to plan, not to navigate, and confirm current rules with the local authority before you travel.

Season-dependent pages and review dates

These pages carry facts that change from year to year, such as opening dates, booking rules and closures. Each shows a season tag and is due for review before the date listed.

Corrections

If something on Panth is wrong or out of date, use Report a trail update on the trail page or the feedback page, ideally with the source or authority that supports the change. Each report is checked against a source. If the page was wrong, it is corrected and the change is recorded on the page and in the corrections log (51 entries so far).

Independence

Panth is not a tour operator, does not sell treks and does not take payment to include or rank a trail. Operator websites are cited only as sources of facts, not as recommendations.