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Sandakpu
- Easiest route
- 5.2 km+1,249 m · about 3.5 h
- Prominence
- 394 m1,294 ft
- Isolation
- 15 km
- Tonight
- 1°CClear · Wind 10 km/h S
Sandakpu is a 3,636 m (11,929 ft) mountain in the Singalila Ridge, Koshi Province, Nepal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,636 m · 11,929 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Kokthang (6,148 m)
- Range
- Singalila Ridge
- Region
- Koshi Province, Nepal
- Spanish name
- Sandakphu
- Coordinates
- 27.1035° N, 87.9982° E
How to get to the top of Sandakpu
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.2 km SSW of Sandakpu
- Distance
- 5.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,249 m−40 m (4,098 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Sandakpu 3D map
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Sandakpu terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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
Sandakpu weather
Today · Partly cloudy · 1 / 9°C (34 / 48°F) · Wind 10 km/h S
Sandakpu forecast for the summit, about 3,636 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,378 m.
- Today1°9°–10 km/h SBase 9 / 16°
- Sun1°9°–10 km/h SEBase 9 / 17°
- Mon2°11°–9 km/h SBase 10 / 18°
- Tue3°12°–6 km/h SBase 11 / 20°
- Wed5°12°–5 km/h SBase 12 / 20°
- Thu4°9°16.6 mm7 km/h EBase 11 / 17°
- Fri3°5°176.1 mm6 km/h EBase 11 / 12°
- Sat3°8°22.0 mm3 km/h EBase 11 / 16°
- Sun2°10°1.7 mm5 km/h SEBase 10 / 18°
- Mon3°10°3.7 mm5 km/h SBase 10 / 18°
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 Sandakpu
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sandakpu, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
0.8 km WNW
Nearest campsite
3.3 km SE
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Hut | 0.8 km WNW |
| Yalung HomestayHut | 3.2 km SE |
| Campsite | 3.3 km SE |
| Himchuli LodgeHut | 3.4 km SE |
How steep is the route to Sandakpu?
The easiest mapped route, 5.2 km from 2,378 m to 3,636 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°3.3 km
- 15–30°1.9 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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 3 km; 99 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Plain Mountain-Finch6
- Rufous-vented Tit6
- Black-faced Laughingthrush6
- Blood Pheasant4
- Red Crossbill4
- White-browed Fulvetta4
Where Sandakpu sits
- Range
- Himalayas121
- Region
- India313Koshi Province5Nepal73Asia964
Nearby places
FalutPeak · 3,600 m↑12 km N
Lebong↑28 km E
Timbung PokhariLake↑38 km N
Rathong Glacier4,700 m↑53 km NNE
GuphapokhariLake↑53 km WNW
More in the Himalayas 6
Sandakpu downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
10 m low This 3D map reads 3,626 m at the summit; the official height is 3,636 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 32 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,636 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,626 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,604 m | -32 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 2026-02-17)
- 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)
- 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)