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It features some of the earliest high-altitude photographs of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, captured over a century ago.
The gondola on Apharwat Peak, one of the Asia's largest and highest cable car ringed by pine forests and snow capped Himalayan mountain peaks, takes skiers and snowboarders to the height of 3900 metres to 4100 metres on the mountain. [3] Nearest Airport is Sheikh Ul Alam International airport Srinagar.
On 29 May 2024, nineteen members of the Karnataka Mountaineering Association from Bengaluru in the southern Indian state of Karnataka began a 35-kilometer long high-altitude trek with three local guides in the remote Sahasra Tal area across the Himalayas. [2] The group was planning to return by 8 June 2024. [3]
On 14 October 2014, a snowstorm and series of avalanches occurred on and around Annapurna and Dhaulagiri in the Manang and Mustang Districts of Nepal within the Himalaya range. [2] According to an unnamed expert the storm arose from Cyclone Hudhud and was the worst in a decade with almost 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) of snow falling within 12 hours. [3]
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ ˌ h ɪ m ə ˈ l eɪ. ə, h ɪ ˈ m ɑː l ə j ə / HIM-ə-LAY-ə, hih-MAH-lə-yə) [b] is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.
Last week's storm brought fresh snow to Southern California's mountains. The early February storm delivered rain to much of the region but meant days of snow for mountain communities.
Rock/snow/ice climb Ama Dablam is a mountain in the eastern Himalayan range of Koshi Province , Nepal. The main peak is 6,812 metres (22,349 ft), the lower western peak is 6,170 metres (20,243 ft).
Kangtega (Nepali: काङ्टेगा), known also as The Snow Saddle, is a major mountain peak of the Himalayas in Nepal. Its summit rises 6,782 metres (22,251 ft). [1] It was first ascended in 1963. [1] [3] From the Khumbhu and Hinku Valley areas, Mount Kangtega rises to a saddle-shaped point, thus earning the name "The Snow Saddle." [4]