Putha Hiunchuli Climbing -34 days

Receive and greet at Kathmandu airport on arrival by us, then drive to hotel.

While the leader attends a formal briefing in the Ministry of Tourism, you will be able to explore this fascinating city. As those who have been there before will know, it is a wonderful mixture of crowded bazaars, temples and shrines, in a blend of ancient, colonial and modern architecture. Today, the expedition leader will also check everyone equipment, as Kathmandu is the last opportunity to buy anything missing.

As early morning flight to Nepalgung. Overnight at Nepalgunj.

Flight to Juphal, trek to Dunai. During the flight, we can enjoy superb views of the Annapurnas, Dhaulagiris and of Manaslu before landing on the unsurfaced runway at Juphal (2,250m). It is a 3 hour trek to Dunai, where we camp for the night at 2,150m.

The trail follows the Thulo Bheri River towards Tarakot (5 hours).

We have set aside two weeks to reach the summit and plan to use three camps above base camp; at 5,400m, 6,000m and 6,600m. This should give us enough time to get acclimatized and make a summit bid in a decent weather window. We would expect to climb to Camp 2 as part of our acclimatization, before descending to base camp for a rest before the summit push. Fixed ropes will be placed on some of the steeper sections of the route between Camp 1 and Camp 2, but much of the climbing will be done moving together as roped teams. No-where is the ground particularly steep, but after fresh snow this could make the going extremely tough. Temperatures on summit day could be as low as -40 degrees celcius.

A spare day in case our internal flight is affected by bad weather

Today, we have another opportunity to visit the bazaars and to shop for mementoes of our visit. In the evening, we can choose the Nepali Kitchen, in which to celebrate the success of our expedition in fine style.

Final airport transfers to get fly back to home.