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Nuptse · 7,861 m · 13 km E
Pass · Nepal

Cho La

5,345 m17,536 ft
Connects
Dzonglha – ड्रागनाग
Tonight
-18°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h S

Cho La is a mountain pass at 5,345 m in Nepal. It links Dzonglha and ड्रागनाग.

All facts
Saddle
5,345 m
Lowest point
4,935 m / 5,031 m
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Pass

Cho La: the climb from each side

Saddle 5,345 mDzonglha 4,935 m+410 m · 2.6 kmड्रागनाग 5,031 m+314 m · 2.2 km

Crossed by: a mapped trail

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Cho La 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cho La terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Cho La elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Cho La weather

Today · Fair · -18 / -6°C (0 / 21°F) · Wind 13 km/h S

Cho La forecast for about 5,345 m.

  • Today-18°-6°–13 km/h S
  • Sun-16°-6°–14 km/h S
  • Mon-16°-4°0.1 mm10 km/h S
  • Tue-15°-5°–8 km/h S
  • Wed-16°-4°0.4 mm7 km/h NE
  • Thu-9°-4°27.3 mm5 km/h NE
  • Fri-5°-5°99.7 mm6 km/h S
  • Sat-11°-4°1.8 mm7 km/h S
  • Sun-14°-4°–9 km/h NE
  • Mon-16°-6°0.4 mm9 km/h NE

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

Camping & parking near Cho La

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cho La, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Lobuche High Camp

    4.4 km ESE · +2 more within 6.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Campsite3.6 km SW
Lobuche High CampCampsite4.4 km ESE
Campsite6.0 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
29.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
31.1%
Steep, 30–45°
26.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
13.3%
Steeper than 30°
39.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,623 m low point 4,504 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 38.5%Snow & ice 34.4%Moss & lichen 15.1%Grassland 10.7%Water 1.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Cho La.

NESW2 km5 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Nirekha6,159 m 2.0 km NNE
  2. 2Arakam Tse5,904 m 2.1 km S
  3. 3Kangchung6,083 m 2.7 km NNW
  4. 4Lobuche West6,135 m 3.0 km ENE
  5. 5Lobuche East6,090 m 3.9 km E
Where it sits

Where Cho La sits

Range
Himalayas121
Region
Nepal73Asia964
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Nearby places

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Downloads

Cho La downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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 2025-12-17)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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 · Wikipedia