Mount Lobuche 6119m. Spring / Autumn 2024

Mount Lobuche East peak (6119m) is the most popular and preferred trekking destinations of Nepal. It is an attractive summit offering various routes for climbing. The normal route for climbing is via South Ridge. It consists of several tiny summits and the true summit requires climbing steep snow and ice slopes to the top from the summit ridge. You should follow Everest base camp Trekking route from Lukla, Namche bazaar, Thyanboche and up to Pheriche and then trek to Dughla. Nearby a lake in a rocky hollow at the base of the glaciated South-West Face, the base camp will be set up at 4,950m height. The beautiful views of Mount Ama Dablam, Mount Cholatse, Mount Thamserku, Mount Kangtega peak and mount Tawache peak are amazing from here. You should climb steep stone terraces and snow slopes just below the main glaciers on the South-West Face of Lobuche East then steep snow and ice slopes using fix ropes and get access to the ridge overlooking Lobuche and the Khumbu Glacier where high camp is to be fixed.

Following the sharp snow ridge to the summit ridge then the route to north-west towards the main summit passing several small snows bumps we reach a notch. Then we further climb steep and snowy slopes to the true summit. The peak can be climbed from East Face by climbing a dark pyramid of scabby rock and join the South Ridge to get to the top. Lobuche east peak is identified as the false peak. Laurence Nielson & Ang Gyalzen Sherpa climbed to Lobuche East on 25 April 1984 through others might have reached the summit before. However no records arte found yet.