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Lhotse
- Mapped trail
- 9.5 km+1,430 m · about 5 h · T6Ends 2,310 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 658 m2,157 ft
- Isolation
- 2.4 km
- Tonight
- -37°CFog · Wind 11 km/h E
Lhotse is an 8,516 m (27,940 ft) mountain in the Mahalangur Himal, Eastern Development Region, China.
All facts
- Elevation
- 8,516 m · 27,940 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- South Summit (8,749 m)
- Range
- Mahalangur Himal
- Region
- Eastern Development Region, China
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Coordinates
- 27.9615° N, 86.9326° E
Trails toward Lhotse
Mapped trails from the road get to 2,310 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Chukhung (village)
- Distance
- 9.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,430 m−59 m (4,692 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- T6Difficult alpine: glacier and climbing skills required
Ends 2,310 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Lhotse 3D map
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Lhotse terrain and contours
200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Chukhung. 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
Lhotse weather
Tonight · Fog · -37°C (-35°F) · Wind 11 km/h E
Lhotse forecast for the summit, about 8,516 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,727 m.
- Tonight-37°–11 km/h EBase -13°
- Today-36°-27°–13 km/h SBase -13 / -3°
- Sun-36°-27°–14 km/h SBase -13 / -3°
- Mon-36°-24°–10 km/h EBase -13 / 0°
- Tue-35°-25°–10 km/h SWBase -11 / -1°
- Wed-35°-24°0.4 mm6 km/h SWBase -11 / 0°
- Thu-28°-23°26.5 mm3 km/h SBase -4 / 0°
- Fri-23°-22°91.9 mm7 km/h SBase 0 / 1°
- Sat-30°-23°0.7 mm9 km/h SBase -7 / 0°
- Sun-33°-24°0.1 mm4 km/h EBase -9 / 0°
- Mon-36°-27°0.4 mm4 km/h SBase -12 / -2°
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 Lhotse
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lhotse, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Camp 4S South Col
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Camp 4S South ColCampsite | 1.3 km N |
| Camp 3SCampsite | 1.7 km WNW |
| Camp 2SCampsite | 4.0 km NW |
How steep is the route to Lhotse?
The easiest mapped route, 9.5 km from 4,727 m to 6,102 m. Steepest stretch: 38°.
- 0–15°7.7 km
- 15–30°1.3 km
- 30–45°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 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 3.2 km, measured from the Lhotse summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Lhotse North II8,117 m 0.7 km N
- 2Lhotse Middle II8,372 m 0.7 km ESE
- 3Lhotse Nup II7,942 m 1.0 km WSW
- 4Lhotse Shar8,382 m 1.1 km ESE
- 5South Summit8,749 m 2.7 km NNW
- 6Mount Everest8,849 m 3.0 km NNW
Where Lhotse sits
- Range
- Himalayas121Mahalangur Himal12
- Region
- China121Eastern Development Region10Nepal73Asia964
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park12
Nearby places
South ColPass · 7,906 m↑1.5 km N
South SummitPeak · 8,749 m↑2.7 km NNW
Mount EverestPeak · 8,849 m↑3.0 km NNW
Western Cwm6,000 m↑4.0 km WNW
NuptsePeak · 7,861 m↑4.5 km W
More in the Mahalangur Himal 6
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How accurate is this?
100 m low This 3D map reads 8,416 m at the summit; the official height is 8,516 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 109 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 8,516 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 8,416 m | -100 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 8,407 m | -109 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 2025-12-17)
- 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)
- 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