Lobuche Peak Climbing

Lobuche Peak (6119 m) climbing is one another one of the famous climbing peaks in Nepal, located at Everest region. The trail to this peak climbing is designed to order to provide tourists with the first-hand climbing experience and also to provide magnificent views of the Himalayas lying around. One of the attractions of the peak is that one can have an opportunity to have views of hundreds of other peaks in the areas including Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Makalu, Mt. Ama Dablam, Khangtenga and Tawache among others. The peak has two sides to have summit east edge (6119 m) and west edge (6145 m). The east edge is recognized especially as a trekking peak, whereas the west is known as an Expedition Peak. Lobuche being an attractive mountain offers various existing routes and also the potential for new peak climbing lovers. Lobuje east can be reached by descending a marked notch and then climbing steep snowy slopes to the top. Lobuche peak was first successfully climbed by Laurence Nielson and Ang Gyalzen Sherpa in 1984.

The trekking to the Lobuje peak climbing begins with some 35-min flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and head up to Phakding, Namche Bazar and following the route that takes to Everest base camp up to Gorak Shep and then turns to the Kala Pathar and then the trail heads to Lobuche peak region. There is one another option than to follow Gokyo valley route and reach Chola pass and then head up to Lobuche peak and making an excursion to the peak, return from the same route to Lukla and return back to Kathmandu.