| Mera peak climbing is gradually becoming popular among trekkers and novice climbers to have the taste of hiking and climbing on snow and experiencing trekking in remote part of Khumbu region. 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. |
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Kathmandu - Lukla by flight. Trek to Thukdingma. |
| 2 |
Trek to Tsetre. |
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Trek to Thaksingdingma (3,500m) .
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| 4 |
Trek to Thagnak.
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| 5 |
Rest day in Thagnak. |
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Trek to Khare (5,099m).
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| 7 |
Trek to Base camp (5,300m)
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| 8 |
Rest day for acclimatization.
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| 9 |
Climb to high camp
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| 10 |
summit and the views of Pumori (7161m), Lhotse
(8516m) Makalu (8463m), Lobuche (6145m), Cho Oyu (8201m) are spectacular from the summit. Retrace to Base Camp.
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| 11 |
Spare day for summit
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| 12 |
Trek to Khare
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| 13 |
Trek to Thagnak |
| 14 |
Trek to Thaksingdingma |
| 15 |
Trek to Tsetre |
| 16 |
Retrace to Lukla. |
| 17 |
Lukla - Kathmandu by flight. |
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