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| Photo: Phoksumdo Lake on Upper Dolpo to Jomsom GHT |
Two of our most popular types of treks in Nepal are the Classic Circuits and trips along The Great Himalaya Trail ("GHT").
The main Classic Circuit treks in Nepal are as follows from East to West: Kanchenjunga Circuit, Everest High Passes, Manaslu Circuit, Annapurna Circuit and Dhaulagiri Circuit. All of these treks are very different in terms of scenery, culture, accommodation, grade and number of days on the trail.
Please see The Mountain Company’s website: Classic Circuit treks in Nepal webpage in Information Centre to find out how the different Classic Circuit treks in Nepal compare and the pros & cons of each one.
Section Three: Everest and Rolwaling ---> Everest High Passes
Section Four: Langtang and Helambu ---> Langtang & Laurebina La
Section Five: Manaslu and Ganesh ---> Manaslu Tsum valley
Section Six: Annapurna and Mustang ---> Naar to Upper Mustang
Section Seven: Dolpa ---> Upper Dolpo to Jomsom
Section Eight: Far West ---> Nepal Far West & Limi valley
Please see The Mountain Company’s website: The Great Himalaya Trail (“GHT”) webpage in Information Centre to find more about GHT and how GHT treks differ from standard Himalayan treks.
We hope this helps you select the right trek objective for you, if you require further information please get in contact with us.
The main Classic Circuit treks in Nepal are as follows from East to West: Kanchenjunga Circuit, Everest High Passes, Manaslu Circuit, Annapurna Circuit and Dhaulagiri Circuit. All of these treks are very different in terms of scenery, culture, accommodation, grade and number of days on the trail.
Please see The Mountain Company’s website: Classic Circuit treks in Nepal webpage in Information Centre to find out how the different Classic Circuit treks in Nepal compare and the pros & cons of each one.
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| Photo: North Face of Kanchenjunga |
Whereas The Great Himalaya Trail ("GHT") is a trekking route that traverses the Himalaya from end to end starting in Burma and finishing in Pakistan. However the most popular section of GHT is through Nepal, this trails starts near Kanchenjunga in the East and continues to Humla on the Tibetan border in the West.
In Nepal there is a GHT High route crossing high passes up to 6,146m and GHT Low route passing through the middle hills with highest pass at 4,519m. GHT High route takes the highest feasible route along the spine of the Himalaya, this involves very challenging trekking as well as several mountaineering sections over technical passes (eg Sherpani Col near Makalu).
GHT has been divided into ten sections and our approach at The Mountain Company has been to focus on organising these sections one at a time rather than promoting the full GHT from Kanchenjunga to Far West. The advantage of this way is we can select the optimal time of year to trek each section.
GHT sections and The Mountain Company treks are as follows:
Section One: Kanchenjunga ---> Kanchenjunga to Makalu
Section Two: Makalu Barun ---> Makalu to Everest
In Nepal there is a GHT High route crossing high passes up to 6,146m and GHT Low route passing through the middle hills with highest pass at 4,519m. GHT High route takes the highest feasible route along the spine of the Himalaya, this involves very challenging trekking as well as several mountaineering sections over technical passes (eg Sherpani Col near Makalu).
GHT has been divided into ten sections and our approach at The Mountain Company has been to focus on organising these sections one at a time rather than promoting the full GHT from Kanchenjunga to Far West. The advantage of this way is we can select the optimal time of year to trek each section.
GHT sections and The Mountain Company treks are as follows:
Section One: Kanchenjunga ---> Kanchenjunga to Makalu
Section Two: Makalu Barun ---> Makalu to Everest
Section Three: Everest and Rolwaling ---> Everest High Passes
Section Four: Langtang and Helambu ---> Langtang & Laurebina La
Section Five: Manaslu and Ganesh ---> Manaslu Tsum valley
Section Six: Annapurna and Mustang ---> Naar to Upper Mustang
Section Seven: Dolpa ---> Upper Dolpo to Jomsom
Section Eight: Far West ---> Nepal Far West & Limi valley
Please see The Mountain Company’s website: The Great Himalaya Trail (“GHT”) webpage in Information Centre to find more about GHT and how GHT treks differ from standard Himalayan treks.
We hope this helps you select the right trek objective for you, if you require further information please get in contact with us.
Roland Hunter
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