Lobuje East

Duration: 18 Days
Max. Altitude: 6119 m
Grade: D
Region: Everest

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.

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive kathmandu airport and transport to hotel 
Day 2 Prepared for climbing 
Day 3 Fly to Lukla and trek to Phakding 
Day 4 Trek to Namche Bazzar (3340m) 
Day 5-6 Trek to Thyangboche – Dingboche 
Day 7 Acclimatization day at Dingboche. 
Day 8-10 Trek to Lobuche – Kalapattar – Everest Base Camp 
Day 11-14 Climb Lobuche East Peak 
Day 15-17 Returned trek to Lukla. 
Day 18 Lukla to Kathmanudu.