Lhotse
8,516m
The world's fourth highest peak, connected to Everest by the South Col — its south face is the steepest wall on any 8,000m peak.
Elevation
8,516m
First Ascent
May 18, 1956
First Ascent By
Fritz Luchsinger & Ernst Reiss (Swiss expedition)
Base Camp Trek
14 days
Permit Fee
USD 7,500
Difficulty
AD+
Lhotse (8,516m) is the world's fourth highest mountain, connected to Mount Everest via the South Col. Its name means 'South Peak' in Tibetan. While often overshadowed by its famous neighbor, Lhotse is a formidable mountain in its own right.
The Lhotse Face — a massive wall of glacial blue ice rising to 3,700m — is one of the most feared obstacles on the Everest South Col route, as climbers must ascend it to reach the South Col. The south face of Lhotse, at over 3,000m, is the steepest face on any eight-thousander and remained unclimbed until 1990.
First climbed in 1956 by Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss of a Swiss expedition, Lhotse shares Base Camp with Everest and the climbing routes diverge only above Camp III on the Lhotse Face.