Cho Polu

#36 among destinations in Nepal

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cho Polu is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Southern neighbors include Num Ri and Baruntse while Imja Tse lies immediately to the west. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1984Elevation: 22096 ftCoordinates: 27°55'10"N, 86°58'55"E

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Cho Polu – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hillary Step, Imja Tse, South Summit, Lhotse.

5.8 miNW
Climbing
Hillary Step, Sagarmatha National Park
150 min walk • The Hillary Step was a nearly vertical rock face with a height of around 12 metres located near the summit of Mount Everest, about 8,790 metres above sea level.
2.9 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Imja Tse, Sagarmatha National Park
74 min walk • Imja Tse, better known as Island Peak, is a mountain in Sagarmatha National Park of the Himalayas of eastern Nepal. The peak was named Island Peak in 1953 by members of the British Mount Everest expedition because it appears as an island in a sea of ice when viewed from Dingboche.
5.7 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
South Summit, Sagarmatha National Park
145 min walk • The South Summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas is a subsidiary peak to the primary peak of Mount Everest. Although its elevation above sea level of 8,749 metres is higher than the second-highest mountain on Earth, K2, it is not considered a separate mountain as its prominence is only 11 meters.
4.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Lhotse, Sagarmatha National Park
107 min walk • Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet and the Khumbu region of Nepal.
3.8 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Imja Tsho, Sagarmatha National Park
98 min walk • Imja Tsho is a glacial lake created after melt water began collecting at the foot of the Imja Glacier on the lower part of the glacier in the 1950s. A 2009 study described this lake of melt water as one of the fastest-growing in the Himalaya.
3.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lhotse Shar, Qomolangma
92 min walk • Lhotse Shar is a subsidiary mountain of Lhotse, at 8,383 m high. It was first climbed by Sepp Mayerl and Rolf Walter on 12 May 1970.
5.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Hillary Peak, Sagarmatha National Park
133 min walk • Hillary Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 7,681 metres peak in the Himalayas in honour of Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
2.5 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Baruntse, Makalu Barun National Park
64 min walk • Baruntse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal, crowned by four peaks and bounded on the south by the Hunku Glacier, on the east by the Barun Glacier, and on the northwest by the Imja Glacier.
4.4 miS
Natural feature
Hunku Glacier, Makalu Barun National Park
113 min walk • The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse.
1.8 miS
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Num Ri, Sagarmatha National Park
47 min walk • Num Ri is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalayas. Num Ri consists of a long ridge that culminates eastwards in a pyramid summit. Neighbouring mountains are Island Peak, Baruntse and Cho Polu.
5.2 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Amphu Labtsa pass, Makalu Barun National Park
133 min walk • Amphu Labtsa pass, elevation 5,845 metres, is a glaciated pass covered in serac cliffs at the head of the Honku valley. It provides a way out of the otherwise relatively isolated Honku valley.