There are two distinct summits
to Lobuje Peak - Lobuje East (6,119m/20,070ft) and Lobuje West (6,145m/20,161ft).
Although they are connected by a continuous ridge there is a sharp
gap and a considerable distance between them. Lobuje is an attractive
summit, offering a variety of existing routes and a wide scope for
new lines. Seen from near Pheriche, the dark triangle of its rocky
East Face rises above the moraines of the Khumbu Glacier to an icy
skyline. This skyline forms the South Ridge, the junction of the East
Face with the glaciated South-West Face and the line of the normal
route of ascent.
This in turn leads to the summit ridge running north-west from the
top of East Face through several small summits to the East Peak.
Lobuje East : The true East Peak is quite striking
and is reached by descending into marked notch and climbing steep
snow/ice slopes to the top. This is rarely climbed and is often
mistaken for Lobuje West. Most attempts on the mountain climb the
summit ridge only as far as subsidiary snow summit, before the notch,
south-east of the true peak. The false summits east of the notch
have been attained by numerous parties, but the first recorded ascent
of the true Lobuje East seems to have been made by Laurence Nielson
and Sherpa Ang Gyalzen on 25th April 1984.
I T I N E R A
R Y
Day 01 :
Pick Up from Airport Transfer to Hotel [1350m]
Day 02 :
Fly Kathmandu to Lukla. Trek to Phakding [2610m]
Day 03:
Phakding Trek To Namche Bazar [3440m]
Day 04 :
Acclimatization Day short Day hiking around Namche Khumjung [3780m] Back to [3440m]
