Lhotse
The world's fourth highest mountain, directly connected to Everest by the South Col.
Lhotse rises to 8,516m immediately south of Mount Everest, connected to it by the South Col, and is the world's fourth highest mountain. Its main summit lies on the border between Solukhumbu district and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Because it shares the same approach route and much of the same climbing history as Everest, Lhotse is visible for most of the upper Everest Base Camp trek, forming part of the wall of peaks seen from Base Camp and Kala Patthar.
Lhotse was first climbed on 18 May 1956 by Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger on a Swiss expedition. Its south face rises around 3,200m and is among the steepest and least climbed walls in the Himalaya. Lhotse Middle, at 8,410m, was not reached at all until a Russian team summited it in 2001, the last unclimbed named 8,000m point on earth.
Highlights
World's fourth highest mountain at 8,516m
Connected to Everest by the South Col
Summit sits on the Nepal-Tibet border
Trips in Nepal
Practical Info
Address
Solukhumbu District, Nepal
In This Destination
Solukhumbu
In the shadow of Everest, where dreams touch the sky
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