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Langtang Lirung

7,227 m23,711 ft

Prominence: 1,581 m5,187 ft
Isolation: 24 km
Tonight: -26°CClear · Wind 11 km/h SW

Langtang Lirung is a 7,227 m (23,711 ft) mountain in the Langtang Himal, Central Development Region, Nepal.

All facts

Elevation: 7,227 m · 23,711 ft
Nearest higher peak: Shishapangma (8,027 m)
Range: Langtang Himal
Region: Central Development Region, Nepal
Protected area: Langtang National Park
Coordinates: 28.2565° N, 85.5171° E

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3D map

Langtang Lirung 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 10.2 × 10.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Langtang Lirung topographic map

200 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the summit

Langtang Lirung elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGLangtang Lirung satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-28.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Langtang Lirung weather

Today · Clear · -26 / -14°C (-15 / 7°F) · Wind 11 km/h SW

Langtang Lirung forecast for the summit, about 7,227 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,173 m.

Today-26°-14°–11 km/h SWBase -1 / 10°
Sun-27°-14°–13 km/h EBase -3 / 10°
Mon-24°-13°–10 km/h SWBase 0 / 11°
Tue-22°-12°–2 km/h EBase 2 / 12°
Wed-24°-12°–3 km/h EBase 1 / 12°
Thu-18°-15°35.8 mm1 km/h EBase 6 / 10°
Fri-18°-17°156.7 mm3 km/h SEBase 7 / 8°
Sat-24°-13°1.2 mm4 km/h EBase 0 / 11°
Sun-24°-12°–4 km/h EBase 0 / 12°
Mon-27°-13°0.1 mm3 km/h EBase -3 / 12°

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 Langtang Lirung

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

Nearest hut
6.9 km SW
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Hut	6.9 km SW

Slope

Share of the 10.2 × 10.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

8.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

18.2%

Steep, 30–45°

34.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

38.5%

Steeper than 30°: 73.0% of the 104 km² view
Relief in view: 4,043 m low point 3,173 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 40.1%Bare rock / sparse 30.6%Grassland 17.7%Moss & lichen 9.8%Water 1.2%Trees 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.1 km, measured from the Langtang Lirung summit.

Summit list 4

1Luri Himal6,918 m 1.8 km WNW
2Kimshung6,781 m 3.9 km ENE
3Pangshungtramo5,262 m 4.3 km SE
4Lirung II6,600 m 4.7 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.1 km; 120 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Variegated Laughingthrush22
Yellow-billed Chough15
Snow Pigeon12
Kumaon iris11
Grey-backed Shrike10
White-capped Redstart8

Where it sits

Where Langtang Lirung sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

RanipokhariLake64 km SSW

How accurate is this?

11 m low This 3D map reads 7,216 m at the summit; the official height is 7,227 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	7,227 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	7,216 m	-11 m
Copernicus GLO-90	7,204 m	-23 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 2026 (scene 2026-09-28)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Langtang Lirung

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Data sources