19 Days Island Peak Climbing with Everest Base Camp

19 Days Island Peak Climbing with Everest Base Camp Overview

This Island peak Climbing Trek in the Everest region that gives you an opportunity to experience both trekking and peak climbing. Island Peak or (Imja Tse) in the Imja valley of Khumbu valley area is the most achievable climbing peak without having prior mountaineering experience.

Located just 10 km away Mt. Everest summit, Island peak gives a 360 degree display of great Himalayas. Island peak, the most climbed climbing peak of Himalaya is really an augmentation of south end of Mt. Lhotse that remains as a stupendous peak in the midst of the mammoths of the Himalaya. If you love trekking in Nepal and want to have a peak climbing experience too, then this trip is an ideal choice for you.

Our Island Peak Climbing with Everest Base Camp trek adventures is intended to carry out both trekking and peak climbing in Nepal for all adventure lovers. Our Island peak with Everest base camp trek program begins as we take an invigorating flight to Lukla and begin trekking the exemplary Everest base camp through the Sherpa towns of Phakding, Namche, Tengboche, Dingboche, Lobuche and Gorakshep while spending through two night in Namche and Dingboche for proper acclimatization.

We trek to Everest base camp so that our body adapts for our Island peak climbing adventure. We additionally trek up to Kala Patthar for best views of Everest and its neighboring snow-capped mountains. Then, we trek back to Chhukung and advance towards the Island peak.

Initially, we trek to Island peak base camp, learn and get detail info with practicing use of climbing gears. We spend a night in base camp. Following day is the hardest day yet as we achieve the summit. The climb starts with a scramble up a rough crevasse to an edge where we put on crampons and rope up for the ice sheet crossing heading towards the south edge. The climb is as steep as 45 degree on the way to summit ridge from where we get astounding views of Lhotse, Makalu, Baruntse and other Himalayan panoramas. Nepal Guide Info Organized this trip every month but best time to go there , March to May and September to November .

When to climb Island Peak?
For the Everest region as a whole, you can trek anytime between September and the end of May best time for trek and climbing both. Given the height of Island Peak and the challenging conditions, we work with much smaller windows of opportunity. Bad weather on the base camp trek might be uncomfortable but on Island Peak it could be very dangerous. For climbing Island Peak safely we only run trips in mid September to November and March to May.

During these periods the temperatures are pleasant and most days are dry and sunny. Most importantly during these periods, the strong winds that accompany the monsoon die down and there are long periods of relative calm which are ideal for climbing.

You can read all about when is the best times to trek in the Mt.Everest region generally here and there is a lot more detail about the weather here. nepalguideinfo.com