We climbed Pokhalde in March 2004. We walked up from Dingboche and established an attack camp at around 5,400m on the South-East side of the peak. From there we climbed Pokhalde and walked down to Chukung on the way to Island Peak in time for supper!
The down side of this route is the long walk in from Dingboche which climbs almost 1000m to establish the high camp. It's very tiring and temperatures were around minus ten in camp. You need to be well acclimatised as the climb to high camp is well above recommended levels for one day.
Chamonix Man - May 1, 2004 4:23 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks,
i have incorporated this comment into the page.
Peter
Chamonix Man - May 25, 2004 1:41 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled Commentthanks
Bernd-Yak - Nov 18, 2002 12:33 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThe altitude of the lake at the base of the mountain is approx. 5400m.
fn21 - Apr 30, 2004 2:26 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentWe climbed Pokhalde in March 2004. We walked up from Dingboche and established an attack camp at around 5,400m on the South-East side of the peak. From there we climbed Pokhalde and walked down to Chukung on the way to Island Peak in time for supper!
The down side of this route is the long walk in from Dingboche which climbs almost 1000m to establish the high camp. It's very tiring and temperatures were around minus ten in camp. You need to be well acclimatised as the climb to high camp is well above recommended levels for one day.
Chamonix Man - May 1, 2004 4:23 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks,
i have incorporated this comment into the page.
Peter
vito corleone - May 21, 2004 8:07 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentLukla does not lie at 2200 meters. 2850 meters is correct.
Chamonix Man - May 25, 2004 1:41 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled Commentthanks
dmiki - Dec 6, 2005 6:31 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentWilfred Noyce made the first ascent of the North ridge of Pokalde in 1953.
dmiki - Jan 11, 2006 3:23 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentAccording to http://www.tourism.gov.np/peaksopedfortrekking.htm (if it is correct (and due to the state of their website it might not be)), the geo coordinates of the peak might be:
27.9375, 86.8361
thx
Michael
Bruno - Aug 30, 2011 12:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Untitled CommentBased on the Nepa map and GE, correct summit location is about 1.4km further south at 27°55'30"N 27°55'30"N (27.925, 86.833).
The other coordinates (27.9375, 86.8361) do correspond to P5777m on the South Ridge of Mehra Peak (Khongma Tse).
ye2bnik - Oct 30, 2017 11:58 pm - Hasn't voted
PermitHi
According to TAAN Web page, there is no permit needed for Pokhalde. Can someone confirm?