Island Peak Climbing Description
Island Peak Climbing offers you the adventure climbing over the most popular trekking peak in Nepal. Island Peak (6189m) is one commonly climbed peak situated in the Khumbu valley on the top of the Chukung glacier between Ama Dablam and Lhotse mountains.
Each year over 300 peak climbing groups attempt to scale the summit of Island peak. This trek also offers an excellent opportunity of an exhilarating trek to the Everest Base Camp and Kala Pathar. The most difficult section is a mixed rock and ice wall at a slope of around 45 degrees leading to the narrow summit ridge.
Island Peak climbing and other trekking peak categorized by the Nepal Mountaineering Assocaition are not as challenging as an 8000m summit. However these mountains should not be taken lightly: a considerable amount of time often needs to be spent above 5000m, often in difficult weather, on slopes that need a good range of mountaineering skills.
You will be amazed to know that Island Peak was first climbed by a team of mountaineers that included Tensing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary, as a preparation and acclimatization for the first ascent of Everest in 1953.
Before climbing Island Peak, we trek up the Dudh Koshi valley from Lukla, pass the Namche Bazaar and Tengboche on our way to Kala Pathar and Everest Base Camp. After being rested and feeling physically fit and acclimatized, we then head up the beautiful Imja Khola valley towards Island Peak. Besides trekking adventure, we also get to witness pristine Sherpa villages and ever-so-serene monasteries. With ponderous memories of the trekking earlier done, we retrace our route back through Namche to Lukla, and from there on we fly back to Kathmandu. This trip can be done during 15 of September, October, November, and March to May and December.
