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Lobuche Peak (6,119 M)

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  • Duration:19 Days
  • Region/DestinationNepal
  • ActivityTrekking & Climbing
  • Arrival CityKathmandu
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About Lobuche Peak (6,119 M)

Khumbu/Everest Region is hub of climbing activities. The region is rich in high altitude mountain peaks among them Lobuche 6,119m is one of the best climbing peak also considered as a trekking peak. During the month of Spring and Autumn are busy season. While climbing Everest some of the climbers choose to climb this mountain before starting acclimatization rotation in Everest. If a climber climbs Lobuche during Everest, it helps for better acclimatization for Khumbu Ice Fall climbing. The summit of Lobuche is similar to Everest Camp1. There is two summits, Lobuche East and Lobuche West. Lobuche East was first ascent by Laurence Nielson and Sherpa Ang Gyalzen on April 25, 1984. Since then hundreds of thousands climbers are ascending each year.

During the month of spring and autumn are considered as best for climbing Lobuche Peak. Most of the climber chooses these months for the safe and successful climbing. Proper climbing gears and equipment are most essential. And we suggest you to have one climbing Sherpa. However if you are professional climber it is also good to have 2:1 (Climber Sherpa) ration. If you are planning to climb Everest in Spring, you can add this peak in your bucket list for the better acclimatization.

Itinerary

Outline ItineraryDetails Itinerary
  • Day 01: Arrival Kathmandu (1,350m/4,428ft)
  • Day 02: Kathmandu (1,300m/4,264ft): trip preparation
  • Day 03: Fly to Lukla (2,800m/9,184ft) then trek to Phakding (2,652m/8,700ft): 40 min flight, 3-4 hours trek
  • Day 04: Trek from Phakding to Namche Bazaar (3,440m/11,283ft): 5-6 hours
  • Day 05: Rest and acclimatization day at Namche Bazaar (3,440 m/11,283 ft)
  • Day 06: Trek from Namche Bazaar to Tengboche (3,870m/12,694ft): 5- 6 hours
  • Day 07: Trek from Tengboche to Dingboche (4,360 m/14,300 ft): 5-6 hours
  • Day 08: Rest and acclimatization Dingboche: Acclimatization
  • Day 09: Trek from Dingboche to Lobuche Town (4940 m/16,207 ft): 5-6 hours
  • Day 10: Trek from Lobuche Town to Gorak Shep(5,170 m/16,961ft), visit Everest Base Camp (5,364 m/17,594 ft): 6-7 hours
  • Day 11: Trek from Gorak Shep to Kala Patthar (5,545m/18,192ft] and back to Lobuche Town (4,940m/16,207ft): 7-8 hours
  • Day 12: From Lobuche Town to Lobuche peak High Camp (5,400m/17,712ft): 3-4 hours
  • Day 13: Summit Day: Lobuche High Camp to Summit Lobuche Peak (6,119m/20,070 ft) and back to  thukla/Zongla: 8-10 hours.
  • Day 14: One day extra for weather
  • Day 15: Thukla/zongla to Pangboche (3,930m /12,900 ft): 8-9 hours
  • Day 16: Trek from Pangboche to Namche Bazaar: 4-5 hours
  • Day 17: Trek from Namche Bazaar to Lukla: 6-7 hours
  • Day 18: Fly to Kathmandu early morning, refresh and dinner party
  • Day 19: Final departure

Welcome to the mountainous country, Nepal. Upon your arrival, Our Southcol Adventures representative will greet you at the TIA airport and take you to the hotel.

    Our trekking leaders will meet you in the hotel and check your trekking and climbing equipment and their conditions and suggest you buy or rent the necessary kits from the trekking shops in Thamel.

      In the early morning, You'll be transferred to the domestic airport. Embark your day with an exhilarating picturesque flight to lukla airport (2,800m/9,184ft), which takes around 40 minutes. After spending few time reaching Lukla, allocating porters for carrying baggages, the trek begins heading towards Phakding, passing through lush forests and  traditional Sherpa villages and farms. Following the trail, crossing the suspension bridges over the Dudh Koshi river, grasp the astonising views of Kusum Kangaru (6,369m/20,890ft). Next One and half hours of moderate walk brings you to Phakding village for the overnight stop and enjoy the warm hospitality of Everest region.

        Today’s trial winds you through pine forest, beautiful villages and several suspension bridges adorned with prayer flags. About 2 hours of walk takes you the Monjo Village, the entrance gate of the Sagarmatha National Park, where your trekking permit will be checked. 

        After taking lunch, the trial descends along the Dudh Koshi River, passing notable spots like Mislung and Larja Dovan, surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery. Its time to ascend the challenging steepy section of the trek called 'Namche Ukalo' which includes the crossing of iconic Hillary Suspension Bridge. As you will climb higher, you'll get an amazing view of Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, and a closer view of Tawache Peak.

        It's a tough climb up the hill, but you'll be rewarded in Namche Bazaar (popular Sherpa capital) with your first glimpse of Everest and the lively atmosphere of Namche makes your trip worthwhile.

          Continous trekking without taking rest can cause altitude sickness to many. So to avoid that risk as well as allowing our bodies to fully recovered and become ready to acclimatize to the lofty mountain,  we will be taking a much needed break! Although the day will be spent at Namche, it will be full of exploring Namche Bazzar, a shopping hub filled with all sorts of trekking and mountaineering clothing and equipments. Dont miss to out check the Sherpa Culture Museum for an overview of the Sherpa traditions and history of Sherpa climbers in Everest region. 

          There's an optional 2 hours hike to Syangboche (Everest View Hotel), an uphill walk that will help accelerate acclimatization, where you’ll be serverd to magnificient panoramic views of Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and many ohters snow capped peaks.

            Today's Trek kicks off with the early morning breakfast. As the trial progress through Sagarmatha National Park, visiting the monastery located within, accompanied by many other small yet glorifying mountains, we descends along the Dhud Koshi riverside and ascends through the forested path of blue pines, rhododendrons silver fir, blue pines, birch trees to reach Punki Thenga Village, a small settlement with a couple of teahouses. 

            If you are fortunate enough, you might witness the endangered Himalayan flora and fauna, such as musk deer, pheasants, and Himalayan Thar. Don't miss out the  awe-aspiring view of the towering majestic peak - Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Kwangde, Thamserku and many other peaks all around you.
            After crossing a bit of difficult path of this route, Imja Khola, you will finally reach the spiritual hub of the Khumbu region, Tengboche. Being here, explore the spiritual surroundings and visit the well-known monastery, Tengboche Monastery.

              The trial progresses with the moderate walk into a rich forest followed by chortens, colourful prayer flags, mani walls and many small villages. Our trek route passes through beautiful Debuche and crosses the Imja River to reach Pangboche village, the biggest settlements of Sherpas in the region.  You can witness the spectacular views of the Mt. Island peak throughout the trail. 

              We continue our journey entering the Imja valley following the Lobuche river,and then we ascend steeply to the Dingboche village, a beautiful patchwork of fields enclosed by stone walls, where we will stay overnight. Enjoy a great chance to observe a typical Sherpa village and have lunch with the locals!.

                Today is another day at Dingboche set aside for acclimatization. Climbing Nangkartshang Peak (5,083 m) should help our body adjust to the high altitude.Being in Dingboche, immerse yourself into local Sherpa Culture, tast the unique cuisines and explore the local monasteries and stone-walled fields. Relax and enjoy the peaceful environment to prepare for more challenging trek ahead.

                 

                   As we are already in high altitude above 4600m , the trail keeps getting a bit of rough and steeple. Trek begins with a short uphill climb and then, we gradually ascend towards Thukla (4620m) where we take lunch and rest for a while. About one hour of hard climb, we reach Everest Memorial, a site with  prayers flags and memorial monuments everywhere to honor all the mountaineers who lost their life while attempting to climb Mt. Everest. From here, we can see the astonishing view of Ama Dabalam, Cholatse and Taweche. Passing  through the moraines of Khumbu Glacier we trail will get to the Lobuche village where we spent the night.

                    After early morning breakfast, our journey moves ahead through short plain meadows and then we frequently ascend and descend the glacial moraine on rocky terrain. About 3 hours of walking takes you to Gorak Shep where we check-in our rooms and take lunch. After a short rest, leaving backpacks, we traverse on the rough rocky moraine, dunes and streams of Khumbu Glacier to get to the long-awaited destination, the Everest Base Camp (EBC), which takes about 2 hours.
                    Being in EBC, explore the breathtaking panoramic views of Changtse, Khumbuste, Nuptse, Pumori and many other snow-capped peaks. We then, trek back to the hotel in Gorak Shep for the overnight stay.

                      As we would like to reach on top of the Kalapatthar before sunrise, we depart to hike around 4 am early morning. Though the trial may be difficult, its worthy to be in the peak of mountain and witness the greatness of nature with jaw dropping view of sun rising. Two hours of steeply rocky uphill trial takes you to the top of Kalapatthar (5,545 m), which is one of the well-known destination for the trekkers. After having great time at the top, along with Mt. Everest standing tall right in front, we, then descend back to Lobuche through a less strenuous trail. In Lobuche we take lunch, rest and recover for the real climbing to Lobuche peak.

                        We are just one more step closer to the Lobuche summit. At first, we make our short journey to Lobuche Base Camp and rest there for a while. Now, the trial gets rougher and steeper as we follow the path across a rocky moraine. After 4 hours of strenuous trek, we reach Lobuche High Camp. Once we reach High Camp we prepare our camp for the overnight stay. In the evening, our climbing guide will go through all climbing equipment and demonstrate various climbing skills and guide you the proper usage of climbing kits.

                          We make our summit attempt depending on the weather condition. If condition favors, we leave the camp around 1 am and ascends gradually on the steeply rocky trail about 3 hours to reach up to crampon point at 5,700m. From the crampon point, we climb up on the steeply terrain using climbing kits following the rope fixed by the climbing guide throughout the journey till the summit. You have to get through the tough 45 degree sloped hill just and then the reward is priceless being in top of Lobuche Peak. Celebrate your glorious time of your life with the mesmerizing panoramic view of the whole Everest region. After take short rest we descends back to Thukla for overnight stay.

                            Its a reserve day incase of bad weather. Our aim is to successfully reach to the summit. For that, we have to wait for the right condition and make the attempt without taking the unnecessary risk.

                              Our return route leads towards Imjatse valley with astonishing views of mountains as the trail move towards Thukla. About 5 hours through rugged terrain, we stop our journey today in Pangboche.

                                The trail proceeds with the uphill climb for about 30 minutes to tengboche and then we descends gradually towards Namche Bazzar.

                                  We continue our trek taking deep dive from the Namche hill for about an hour then descend gradually through dense forests crossing several suspension bridges all the way to Manjo, Benkar Phakding and ultimately to Lukla. 

                                    You will take early morning flight to Kathmandu. Spent your day visiting various heritage sites including Swayambhunath, Pashupatinath, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bouddhanath. In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner in a typical Nepalese Restaurant with cultural show.

                                      As per you ticket schedule, our team representative escorts you to the TIA airport for your onward journey.

                                        Cost Details

                                        Included

                                        • All necessaries ground transportation including Sightseeing, hotel and airport

                                        Kathmandu Hotel:

                                        • 3 night Kathmandu hotel accommodation in 3* hotel with Breakfast

                                        Permits:

                                        • Mt.Lobuche Peak Climbing Royalty
                                        • National Park entry permit and local permits
                                        • WalkiTalki Set Permits

                                        Domestic Flights:

                                        • Domestic flights (Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu) as per itinerary

                                        Climbing Sherpa:

                                        • Climbing Guide, multiple time Lobuche Peak summiteer

                                        Porters:

                                        • Carry your personal stuffs during the trekking mode.
                                        • Three time meals a day during trekking period with tea coffee

                                        High Camp:

                                        • High camp services including tent, meal and all necessaries settlement

                                        Climbing Equipment:

                                        • Group climbing equipment including rope, harness, jummar, helment, ice-axe, crampons, tent, shovel etc.

                                        Sherpa and Staffs:

                                        • Base Camp Staffs
                                        • Insurance and daily wages and equipment for all field staffs.

                                        Excluded

                                        • Visa: Nepal visa fees
                                        • KTM Hotel: Extra days stay in KTM with meal
                                        • your personal warm clothes sleeping bag and climbing boot
                                        • personal medical/rescue insurance
                                        • helicopter evacauation if any emergency case.
                                        • beverage: cola, beer, mineral water,bar bill
                                        • Sherpa: Extra Guide if needed
                                        • Tips: Tips for your climbing crew

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