Annapurna South

Annapurna South rises to 7,219 metres and forms part of the southern rim of the Annapurna Sanctuary, directly connected to the neighbouring peak of Hiunchuli. First climbed in 1964, it is one of the closest big peaks seen from Chhomrong and the villages around Ghandruk, framed at the end of many valley views on the Annapurna Base Camp trek.

It was climbed in 1964 by a Japanese party by the south ridge, and is also known as Annapurna Dakshin or Moditse. From inside the Sanctuary it is the peak on the left as you look up the basin, and from Ghandruk and Tadapani it fills the head of the valley. Because it stands on the southern rim it catches the first light, which is what makes the pre dawn start at the Poon Hill and Ghandruk viewpoints worth it.