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Ama Dablam
- Easiest route
- 11.3 km+2,798 m · about 7.5 h · T6
- Prominence
- 1,064 m3,491 ft
- Isolation
- 9.1 km
- Tonight
- -25°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h E
Ama Dablam is a 6,814 m (22,356 ft) mountain in the Mahalangur Himal, Eastern Development Region, Nepal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 6,814 m · 22,356 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Baruntse (7,129 m)
- Range
- Mahalangur Himal
- Region
- Eastern Development Region, Nepal
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Coordinates
- 27.8615° N, 86.8610° E
How to get to the top of Ama Dablam
2 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Pangboche (village)
- Distance
- 11.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +2,798 m−129 m (9,180 ft up)
- Time up
- about 7.5 h
- Difficulty
- T6Difficult alpine: glacier and climbing skills required
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ama Dablam 3D map
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Ama Dablam terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Pangboche. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Ama Dablam weather
Today · Partly cloudy · -25 / -16°C (-13 / 3°F) · Wind 11 km/h E
Ama Dablam forecast for the summit, about 6,814 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,963 m.
- Today-25°-16°–11 km/h EBase -7 / 5°
- Sun-25°-15°–12 km/h SBase -6 / 5°
- Mon-25°-13°–8 km/h NEBase -6 / 7°
- Tue-24°-14°–5 km/h SWBase -4 / 7°
- Wed-24°-13°0.2 mm5 km/h NEBase -4 / 7°
- Thu-17°-12°27.9 mm4 km/h EBase 2 / 5°
- Fri-13°-12°113.1 mm5 km/h SBase 3 / 5°
- Sat-19°-12°1.2 mm6 km/h NEBase -2 / 6°
- Sun-21°-13°–7 km/h EBase -5 / 6°
- Mon-24°-15°0.1 mm8 km/h EBase -8 / 5°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Ama Dablam
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ama Dablam, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Camp 3
Nearest hut
Shepherd's hut
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Camp 3Campsite | 0.4 km WSW |
| Camp 2.9Campsite | 0.5 km SW |
| Camp 2Campsite | 0.8 km SW |
| Shepherd's hutHut | 4.4 km N |
How steep is the route to Ama Dablam?
The easiest mapped route, 11.3 km from 3,963 m to 6,814 m. Steepest stretch: 51°.
- 0–15°7.6 km
- 15–30°2.9 km
- 30–45°0.7 km
- 45°+0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 110 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.1 km, measured from the Ama Dablam summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Amphu Gyabjen5,647 m 2.3 km NNE
- 2Ombigaichen6,340 m 2.4 km ESE
- 3Pema Dablam6,402 m 3.3 km E
Where Ama Dablam sits
- Range
- Himalayas121Mahalangur Himal12
- Region
- Eastern Development Region10Nepal73Asia964
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park12
Nearby places
Imja TshoLake · 5,010 m↑7.7 km ENE
Imja TsePeak · 6,189 m↑9.7 km NE
Peak 416,654 m↑11 km SSE
CholatsePeak · 6,440 m↑11 km NW
BaruntsePeak · 7,129 m↑12 km E
More in the Mahalangur Himal 6
Ama Dablam downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
153 m low This 3D map reads 6,661 m at the summit; the official height is 6,814 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 162 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 6,814 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 6,661 m | -153 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 6,652 m | -162 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-01-21)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia