Elevation (feet):25790

Elevation (meters):7861

Range:Himalaya

SubRange:Central Nepal Himalaya

Country:Nepal

Continent:AsiaLatitude:27.9664

Longitude:86.8833

Difficulty:Major Mountain Expedition

Best months for climbing:April, May, September, OctoberYear

 first climbed:1961

Convenient Center:Namche Bazar

Nearest major airport:Kathmandu

Nuptse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalaya. It lies two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nuptse is Tibetan for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif.

The long east-west trending main ridge of Nuptse is crowned by seven peaks:

The main peak, Nuptse I, was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Sherpa Tashi, members of a British expedition. After a long hiatus, Nuptse again became the objective of high-standard mountaineers in the 1990s and 2000s, with important routes being put up on its west, south, and north faces.

While Nuptse is a dramatic peak when viewed from the south or west, and it towers above the base camp for the standard south col route on Everest, it is not a particularly independent peak: its topographic prominence is only 319 m (1,047 ft). Hence it is not ranked on the list of highest mountains.

How to reach Nuptse Mountain

Fly to Kathmandu. Then by plane or overland to Lukla at 9,350 ft.
The following times are estimates and a lot will depend on how one acclimitizes. Slowly decend 2 hours to Phakding at 8,700 ft. This is a frequent overnight stopping location.

The next morning after about 2-3 hours you will pass through Jorsale 9,100 ft. . Here is where you will pay a fee and enter the Sagarmatha (Everest) National Parkand. You will then continue for another 2-3 hours up hill to the main Village of Namche Bazaar 11,300 ft. This is quite an elevation gain especially for those who have flown in. You should rest here one to two days, and make small side trips to acclimitize.

The next day will take you through Shyangboche at 11,800 ft. and then onto the village of Khunde at 12,600 ft. Following this one continues onto Khumjung (12,400 ft.) then decends to near the river crossing at 10,650 ft. Cross over at Pungo Tenga. Then it is uphill for two hours to Tengboche. This is another good rest spot.

The following day continue east out of the settlement and down 1.5 hours to Pangboche 12,800 ft. (keep right). Continue for 1.5 hours till you reach a fork in the trail. Go left down to the river and cross over and uphill to the village of Pheriche (13,950 ft.). Stop here for the night. There is a hospital run by the HRA for treating altitude illnesses.

The next day go north along the valley floor to the end and then up to the north-east along the glacial moraine past Dunhla (15,075 ft.) (Climbers memorials) to the Village of Labouche (16,175 ft.). Another 2-4 hours beyond this will bring one to Gorak Shep. From Gorak Shep you can go to Kala Pattar (18,450 ft.) or Everest Base Camp (17,575 ft.). If you are going to Nupste you will have to cross the moraine to it’s base.

Like the rest of the world, this once peaceful kingdom has beeen suffering recently from bouts of violence. Several hunderd police and military have been killed by ambushes in the past year. Visitors should be warned that they may be approached by bandits and taxed. Your Guides or Sherpas will inform you on where and where not to go in Nepal. Even the school courriers that run between Lukla and the school in Khundi ( run by the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation) have been stopped and robbed. Let us all hope that this terrible situation clears itself up soon.

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