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Nuptse
- Mapped trail
- 10.1 km+1,158 m · about 4.5 h · T6Ends 1,550 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 346 m1,135 ft
- Isolation
- 3.5 km
- Tonight
- -32°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h S
Nuptse is a 7,861 m (25,791 ft) mountain in the Mahalangur Himal, Eastern Development Region, Nepal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 7,861 m · 25,791 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- South Summit (8,749 m)
- Range
- Mahalangur Himal
- Region
- Eastern Development Region, Nepal
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Coordinates
- 27.9674° N, 86.8871° E
Trails toward Nuptse
Mapped trails from the road get to 1,550 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From गोरक शेप (hamlet)
- Distance
- 10.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,158 m−61 m (3,799 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4.5 h
- Difficulty
- T6Difficult alpine: glacier and climbing skills required
Ends 1,550 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.
Nuptse 3D map
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Nuptse terrain and contours
200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from गोरक शेप. 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
Nuptse weather
Today · Partly cloudy · -32 / -23°C (-26 / -9°F) · Wind 13 km/h S
Nuptse forecast for the summit, about 7,861 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 5,151 m.
- Today-32°-23°–13 km/h SBase -17 / -5°
- Sun-32°-23°–14 km/h SBase -15 / -4°
- Mon-32°-20°–10 km/h EBase -15 / -3°
- Tue-31°-21°–10 km/h SWBase -14 / -4°
- Wed-31°-20°0.4 mm6 km/h SWBase -15 / -3°
- Thu-24°-19°26.5 mm3 km/h SBase -8 / -3°
- Fri-19°-18°91.9 mm7 km/h SBase -4 / -3°
- Sat-26°-19°0.7 mm9 km/h SBase -9 / -2°
- Sun-29°-20°0.1 mm4 km/h EBase -13 / -3°
- Mon-32°-23°0.4 mm4 km/h SBase -15 / -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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Nuptse
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Nuptse, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Camp 2S
Nearest hut
Shepherd's hut
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Camp 2SCampsite | 2.0 km NE |
| Camp 1SCampsite | 2.4 km NNW |
| Camp 3SCampsite | 3.0 km E |
| Shepherd's hutHut | 7.8 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Nuptse?
The easiest mapped route, 10.1 km from 5,151 m to 6,252 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°8.9 km
- 15–30°1.2 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 km, measured from the Nuptse summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Nuptse Shar I7,815 m 0.5 km SE
- 2Nuptse Nup I7,775 m 0.5 km WNW
- 3Nuptse Shar II7,795 m 0.9 km SE
- 4Nuptse Nup II7,732 m 1.3 km WNW
- 5Nuptse Shar III7,686 m 2.7 km ESE
Where Nuptse sits
- Range
- Himalayas121Mahalangur Himal12
- Region
- Eastern Development Region10Nepal73Asia964
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park12
Nearby places
Western Cwm6,000 m↑1.8 km NE
Khumbu IcefallGlacier · 5,486 m↑3.5 km NNW
South SummitPeak · 8,749 m↑4.2 km ENE
Mount EverestPeak · 8,849 m↑4.4 km ENE
South ColPass · 7,906 m↑4.5 km E
More in the Mahalangur Himal 6
Nuptse downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
63 m low This 3D map reads 7,798 m at the summit; the official height is 7,861 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 73 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 7,861 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 7,798 m | -63 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 7,788 m | -73 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)
- 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