Tilicho Peak Expeditions

The Peak Tilicho located at the north of Manang in Annapurna Region. A Tilicho Peak expedition is a technical climb and not so easy one. Most of climbers rate this as a technical climb and need good experience as well as good Sherpa guide. There are two ways to get up to Base Camp. Tilicho Peak expedition begins up with a drive Khudi followed by few days trekking to the Tilicho Base Camp via Manang and Khansar Village. French climber

Emanuel Schmutz climbed Tilicho peak for the first time via Northwest Shoulder, which reaches from the shores of Lake Tilicho. This is a normal climbing route of the peak from the Base Camp (4,800m) situated on the Northwest end of the lake.Tilicho Peak’s northeast ridge enclosed with snow magnificently towers the high Kali Gandaki valley to the west and the Marshyangdi Valley to the east, while the hidden pro- kingdom of Mustang lies just few miles to the north. Maurice Herzog explores of Annapurna during 1950 and reported Tilicho

The climb is extremely straight from the base camp to camp I (5800m/19,029ft.). Camp I is located on a shelf below the Northwest shoulder just above 45 degree mixed rock and ice terrain. Camp II (6100m/20,013ft) is situated on the shoulder and accessed via a 50deg and 500m long snowfields. The shoulder itself is also a 50deg 700m snowfield with low objective hazard and very low exposure due to a very large width of the shoulder. Ascending Tilicho peak needs fixed ropes as you approach camp II at 6300m/20,669ft