Mera peak is considered one of the major and popular
trekking peaks in Nepal. The Peak itself rises to the
south of Everest. The ascent of the peak is technically
straightforward, however, the heavy snow and the maze
of crevasses can make the way longer to the summit.
Besides the charming of climbing Mera Peak, the trek
to its base camp from Lukla is rewarding for experiencing
little-visited and yet un spoilt region of Nepal with
densely forested hill sides. Mera Peak trek and climbing
servers a gate way for high altitude trekking to go
over Amphulaptcha Pass or Mingbo La and also for climbing
on Baruntse, Chamlang and other Himalayas climbing.
There are several approaches
to the base camp besides the easy and normal route which
is mentioned below. The normal route for climbing Mera
Peak is North Face Glacier from the Mera La. The base
camp can be set up at 5,300m on the Hongu side in the
moraine below the ice. Normally, high camp is set at
5,800m near a rocky outcrop on the Mera Glacier. The
high camp proves to be one to the spectacular viewpoints
in Nepal offering the panoramic views of Kanchanjunga,
Chamlang, Makalu and Baruntse sweeping around from the
east and Amadablam, Cho Oyu and Kangtega to the west.
The giant faces of Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse appear
in the north. There are three main summits which are
climbable without much difficulty. The south summit
(6,065m) is the most accessible with the Northern Summit
(6,476m) , the highest, which can be reached by skirting
the Central Summit (6,461m) to the north and following
snow ridge to its top. Climbing the middle summit requires
ascent up on steep snow and is slightly technical. Mera
North is straight-forward to climb.
Outline Itinerary
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Day
01 : |
Kathmandu - Lukla by flight.
Camp at Lukla. |
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Day
02 : |
Commence the trek to Mera peak.
We ascend slowly for 3 hours and steep up for one
hour and arrive Thukdingma for the camping. The
views of Numbur (6957m), Karyolung (6511m), Kwangde
(6011m ) are magnificient from here. |
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Day
03 : |
Today is an easy walk all day
passing through the jungle and grassland for Yaks
during the summer. We arrive Tsetre for camping.
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Day
04 : |
We ascend slowly passing through
the jungle. We find virtually, no human settlement
on the trail. We arrive Thaksingdingma (3,500m)
for Camping. |
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Day
05 : |
We walk all day through the
side of the mountain and the trail is narrow. The
patches of the jungle on the trail become thinner
as we ascend near the snow line. We camp at Thagnak.
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Day
06 : |
Rest day in Thagnak. It is
worth spending an extra day at Thagnak, which is
in a superb setting surrounded by stunning peaks
including Peak 43 (6,769m). There is a huge moraine
in the north of Thagnak where a beautiful glacial
lake, Sabai Tsho is dammed. It is worth exploring
around for acclimatization purpose. Thagnak is also
a base for climbing east and north-east side of
Kushum Kanguru. |
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Day
07 : |
We follow the lateral moraine
of Dig Glacier to Dig Khraka which offers the spectacular
views of Charpate Himal. The trail climbs through
moraines and to the snout ot the Hinku Nup and Shar
Glaciers and then climbs more steeply to Khare (5,099m).
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Day
08 : |
We ascend for three hours and
arrive at Mera La (5,415m). Normally, the pass will
be covered with snow from Nov.- April. Again the
views from the pass is spectacular. We descend about
100m towards the Hongu side and set up the base
camp (5,300m) in the moraine below the ice. |
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Day
09 : |
Rest day for acclimatization.
You can explore around or climb up for a few hours
and come back to the Base Camp for the night. |
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Day
10 : |
We walk up for 4 hours and
set up the high camp and make preparation for the
next day to get to the summit. |
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Day
11 : |
Today we go to the summit and
the views of Pumori (7161m), Lhotse (8516m) Makalu
(8463m), Lobuche (6145m), Cho Oyu (8201m) are spectacular
from the summit. We retrace to Base Camp.Mera Peak
Base Camp - Lukla. |
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Day
12- 17: |
We follow the same route and
come back to Lukla. |
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Day
18 : |
Lukla - Kathmandu by flight.
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