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  Jeseníky, Králický Sněžník
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     Roháče, Vysoké Tatry
Německo  Bavorské Alpy
Švýcarsko   Bernské Alpy
                      Walliské Alpy
Itálie   Hochfeiler, Monte Vioz                 Ortler
       Slovinsko   Julské Alpy
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  Bulharsko   Rila
Řecko   Dírfi
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Maroko   Jebel Toubkal
Turecko   Ararat
Gruzie   Kazbek
Arménie   Aragats
Írán   Sabalan, Damávand
Nepál   Langtang Himal
Čína   Lamo She Shan
                  Si Gu Niang
Keňa   Mt. Kenya
Tanzánie   Kilimandžáro

Langtang Himal - Laurebina La & Gosainkund Lake Trekking

from Laurebina Yak to Gosainkund Lake

start point: Laurebina Yak (3910m)
final point: lodges above Gosainkund Lake (4420m)
ascend time: 2hrs to 3hrs
height meters to beat: 580m
huts along the route no
water along the route: no
i walked this route: March 2012

equipment needed: standard mountaineering / trekking gear

difficulty: walk-up; high altitude

Be very cautious with the high altitude, sleeping at 4400m without proper acclimatization can be a torture. Descend if you have any AMS symptoms!

route description:
- appart the high altitude this route is rather short and easy walk-up
- from Laurebina Yak the path leads steep upwards over a wide grassy ridge to chortens on a small summit (4140m)
- it's already visible from the lodges; 40 mins to 1 hour


way from Laurebina Yak to the chortens


part of the ascend between 4000m and 4150m

- it's just a few minutes of walk from the chortens to flat saddle (4165m)
- here a traverse of steep southern slopes of Cholangpati Danda ridge begins


first part of the traverse behind the saddle (4165m)

- the path climbs gently (apart few short steeper sections) up to a small col at 4380m
- from here the lodges above Gosainkund Lake are already at sight
- from the col one has to descend around 50 height meters


last part of the climb below Gosainkund Lake

- path then climbs gently to group of lodges (4420m) above the Gosainkund Lake
- in approx. 40 mins above the lodges is a view point (4590m)
– view towards Manaslu, Langtang Lirung, Himal Chuli or Ganesh Himal