Dhaulagiri Expedition

Dhaulagiri is one of the most popular 8000m. peaks for climbing in Nepal. Normally, four camps will be set up for the climbing. Advance base camp will be set up at 5,300m. which is used for depositing the stuff and not as camping due to avalanche danger. Camp I will be set up at 5,900m. on the Col. which requires climbing towards the east from the Advance Base Camp. Camp II will be fixed at 6,400m. which will require stretches of steep climbing. From Camp II, we climb towards west side with steep climbing and arrive Camp III at 7,200m. We then climb towards the East Ridge. When we get over the ridge, we will have to be very careful climbing over the ridge and probably, we will have to face strong wind while climbing and arrive at Camp IV, 7,500m. The climbing of this section is considered the most difficult in the expedition. Then we will push the summit and return to Camp III if everything goes well as planned. If we could not approach the summit from Camp IV due to bad weather or other reasons, we will have to fix bivouac at 7,900m. and next day try to push to the summit.

 

Itinerary A

Day 01: Arrival Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel and welcome dinner at evening Day 02 : Checking the equipment & packing, introduction between our staffs and members concerning how do communicate each other Day 03 : Official working in Minister of Tourism & briefing Day 04 : Drive to Beni & Galeshor (9h-1050m). Day 05 : Trek to Tatopani (6h-1190m). Day 06 : Trek to Ghasa (6h-2110m). Day 07 : Trek to Marpha (6h-2610m). Day 08 : Trek to Marpha. Rest day. Day 09 : Trek to Yak Kharka (6h-3000m) Day 10 : Trek to Kalapani (5h-4000m) Day 11 : Trek to French col Phedi (6h-4500m) Day 12 : Dhaulagiri Base Camp (5h-4750m) Day 13- 44 : Climbing Period Mt. Dhaulagiri Day 45 : Clean up Base Camp Day 46 : Trek to French col/Hidden Valley Day 48 : Trek to Kalopani Day 48 : Trek to Marpha. Day 49 : Trek to Jomsom. : Day 50 : Fly Jomsom / Pokhara / Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel. Day 51 – 52 : Kathmandu. Day 53 : Departure from Kathmandu.

 

Itinerary B

Day 01 : Arrive in Kathmandu. Transfer at Hotel and welcome Dinner Day 02: Checking the equipment & packing, introduction between our staffs and members concerning how do communicate each other Day 03: Official working & Briefing in Tourism Department Day 04: By Bus: Kathmandu/Pokhara/Beni, camp in Beni(9h-900m) Day 05: Beni/Babiya Chour (5h-1050m) Day 06: Babiya Chour/Darpang(6h-1300m) Day 07: Darpang/Sibang (7h-2000m) Day 08: Sibang/Moriya (6h-2100m) Day 09: Moriya/Bagar (7h-2500m) Day 10: Bagar/Dovan (6h-2800m) Day 11: Dovan/Chartare(6h-3000m) Day 12: Chartare/Italian Base Camp (5h-4000m) Day 13: Italian Base Camp/Dhaulagiri Base Camp (4750m) Day 14 to 39: Climbing period of Dhaulagiri (8167m) Day 40: Cleaning in Base Camp Day 41: Base Camp/French col 5360m/HiddenValley (6h-5250m) Day 42: Hidden Valley/Kalopani(6h-4000m) Day 43: Kalopani/Marpha (5h-3300m) Day 44: Lete Day 45: Tatopani Day 46: Galeshor Day 47: Bus: Galeshor/Beni/Kathmandu Day 48: Free day in Kathmandu Day 49: Free day in Kathmandu Day 50: Depart.