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Machhapuchhre
- Mapped trail
- 15.1 km+3,154 m · about 9 h · T3Ends 1,850 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 1,303 m4,275 ft
- Isolation
- 9.3 km
- Tonight
- -28°CClear · Wind 6 km/h S
Machhapuchhre is a 6,993 m (22,943 ft) mountain in the Annapurna, Western Development Region, Nepal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 6,993 m · 22,943 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Annapurna III (7,555 m)
- Range
- Annapurna
- Region
- Western Development Region, Nepal
- Spanish name
- Machapuchare
- Coordinates
- 28.4979° N, 83.9457° E
Trails toward Machhapuchhre
Mapped trails from the road get to 1,850 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From High Camp (hamlet)
- Distance
- 15.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +3,154 m−1,675 m (10,348 ft up)
- Time up
- about 9 husually 2 days
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Ends 1,850 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.
Machhapuchhre 3D map
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Machhapuchhre terrain and contours
200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from High Camp. 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
Machhapuchhre weather
Today · Fair · -28 / -17°C (-18 / 1°F) · Wind 6 km/h S
Machhapuchhre forecast for the summit, about 6,993 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,531 m.
- Today-28°-17°–6 km/h SBase -2 / 8°
- Sun-27°-17°–7 km/h SBase -2 / 8°
- Mon-26°-15°–7 km/h SBase -2 / 9°
- Tue-26°-14°–5 km/h SBase -1 / 11°
- Wed-25°-14°0.1 mm4 km/h NBase 0 / 12°
- Thu-21°-15°41.5 mm3 km/h NBase 3 / 7°
- Fri-15°-15°145.0 mm2 km/h SEBase 4 / 5°
- Sat-25°-15°17.8 mm4 km/h NBase -1 / 5°
- Sun-24°-15°0.1 mm4 km/h NBase 1 / 9°
- Mon-24°-15°0.1 mm3 km/h NBase 1 / 8°
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 Machhapuchhre
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Machhapuchhre, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Mardi Himal B.C. East
Nearest hut
Greenland guest house and restaurant
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mardi Himal B.C. EastCampsite | 3.4 km S |
| Campsite | 5.6 km S |
| Mardi Himal Base Camp WestCampsite | 5.7 km SW |
| Greenland guest house and restaurantHut | 7.4 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Machhapuchhre?
The easiest mapped route, 15.1 km from 3,531 m to 5,010 m. Steepest stretch: 45°.
- 0–15°8.1 km
- 15–30°4.4 km
- 30–45°2.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 170 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 34 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Himalayan Griffon4
- Himalayan onion3
- Large White2
- White-capped Redstart2
- Meconopsis staintonii2
- Nepal Sacred Langur2
Where Machhapuchhre sits
- Region
- Western Development Region13Nepal73Asia964
Nearby places
Tharpu ChuliPeak · 5,663 m↑9.0 km NW
Annapurna IIIPeak · 7,555 m↑11 km NNE
GangapurnaPeak · 7,455 m↑12 km N
Annapurna IVPeak · 7,525 m↑14 km ENE
Annapurna IIPeak · 7,937 m↑18 km ENE
More in the Annapurna 3
Machhapuchhre downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
131 m low This 3D map reads 6,862 m at the summit; the official height is 6,993 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 137 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 6,993 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 6,862 m | -131 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 6,856 m | -137 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 2025-03-25)
- 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