Everest three passes trek, as the name indicates, takes you across three amazing mountain passes in Sagarmatha National Park. Everest three passes trek gives you an opportunity to see other very tall and impressive mountains beside Mount Everest. And quite frankly, these mountains dwarf Everest when it comes to beauty.
In the Everest three passes trek, you will walk along the dreamlike Himalayan mountain scenery to Lukla and start your tour right in the heart of the Everest hiking region.
You hike through spectacular landscapes to Namche Bazaar, the center of the Sherpa culture, and cross three passes to the base camp of the largest summit in the world. The climbing of Kala Patthar and the crossing of three 5000 meters passes offer fantastic views.
It all adds up to a beautiful tour that lasts almost three weeks and is undoubtedly one of the most impressive treks in the world, on which you are spoiled with an abundance of changing views.
The Everest three passes trek is also called Everest High Passes or King’s Road on Everest. The track is also impressive regarding altitude difference, kilometers and calories burned. But quite light in the sense that you don’t have to spend time and weight on camping and lugging food with you.
Everywhere within the daytime passage, there are guesthouses. The technical difficulty, though it is defined hard, is relatively easy, allowing you to pass it with limited equipment in the form of good trekking shoes and poles.
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The three passes included in this trek are Renjo La (5360m), Cho La (5420m), and Kongma La (5550m).
You reach the Renjo La pass as you head North from Namche Bazaar and cross the small town of Thame, known for its beautiful monastery. The air is pretty thin, but you will be rewarded with a great view of the mountains and prayer flags flapping in the wind to complete the picture.
The tour continues to Gokyo past the mighty Ngozumpa Glacier, which is fed by the 8188 m Cho Oyo. From the 5,330 m high Gokyo Ri panoramic mountain, you can enjoy the dream view of Mt. Everest, Lhotse, and Cho Oyu.
At the Cho-La Pass, you will be rewarded with the view of the Makalu looming in the distance and the impressive mountain of the 6,372 m high Arakam Tse.
After turning left into the throne room of the Himalayas and after a short effort, you are standing on the viewing platform of Kala Patthar. The third stroke follows with the crossing of the Kongma La Pass, and you are already in the Imja Khola Valley. The breathtaking, almost four thousand meters high Lhotse Wall almost takes your breath away. Behind are mountains such as Island Peak, Lhotse Shar, Kali Himal, and Baruntse.
You can go it both clockwise and counterclockwise. But it is not desirable to go clockwise due to various circumstances.