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Thamserku

6,623 m21,729 ft

Mapped trail: 1.6 km+500 m · about 1 h · T1Ends 2,200 m below the summit.
Prominence: 623 m2,044 ft
Tonight: -23°CFair · Wind 11 km/h E

Thamserku is a 6,623 m (21,729 ft) mountain in the Himalayas, Khumbu, Nepal.

All facts

Elevation: 6,623 m · 21,729 ft
Range: Himalayas
Region: Khumbu, Nepal
Coordinates: 27.7901° N, 86.7868° E

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Route

Trails toward Thamserku

Mapped trails from the road get to 2,200 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.

From Tengboche (village)

Distance: 1.6 kmone way
Climb: +500 m(1,640 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: T1Easy trail, trainers are fine

Thamserku elevation profile

Ends 2,200 m below the summit.

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Thamserku 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.4 × 6.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Thamserku terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Tengboche. 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Thamserku weather

Today · Fair · -23 / -11°C (-9 / 12°F) · Wind 11 km/h E

Thamserku forecast for the summit, about 6,623 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,855 m.

Today-23°-11°–11 km/h EBase -6 / 6°
Sun-22°-10°–9 km/h SBase -6 / 6°
Mon-23°-10°–9 km/h SBase -6 / 7°
Tue-21°-9°–5 km/h SBase -4 / 7°
Wed-21°-9°0.1 mm5 km/h SBase -4 / 8°
Thu-15°-12°35.0 mm1 km/h EBase 2 / 5°
Fri-13°-11°126.0 mm4 km/h SEBase 4 / 5°
Sat-18°-10°2.9 mm4 km/h SBase -2 / 7°
Sun-21°-9°0.2 mm4 km/h SBase -4 / 7°
Mon-23°-10°–4 km/h SBase -7 / 7°

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 Thamserku

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

Nearest campsite
Bivouac Spot
5.8 km NNW · +2 more within 7.4 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Bivouac SpotCampsite	5.8 km NNW
Campsite	6.4 km W
Campsite	7.4 km WNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Thamserku?

The easiest mapped route, 1.6 km from 3,855 m to 4,355 m. Steepest stretch: 48°.

0 km · 3,855 m1.6 km · 4,355 m

0–15°0.7 km
15–30°0.7 km
30–45°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 48.2%Bare rock / sparse 23.8%Grassland 13.9%Moss & lichen 12.8%Water 1.2%

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

Where it sits

Where Thamserku sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

CholatsePeak · 6,440 m15 km N

Thamserku downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGThamserku satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-01-21.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXThamserku GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

63 m low This 3D map reads 6,560 m at the summit; the official height is 6,623 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 67 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,623 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,560 m	-63 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,556 m	-67 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 2025-01-21)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · Wikipedia

Thamserku

From Tengboche (village)

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Data sources