Gangkhar Puensum

Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres (24,836 ft) and a prominence of 2,995 metres (9,826 ft). In Dzongkha language, its name means "White Peak of the Three Spiritual Brothers".

Himalayas · Gasa District · Bhutan · 7,570 m

Summit of Gangkhar Puensum

About Gangkhar Puensum

Gangkhar Puensum is a Himalayan summit on the Bhutan–Tibet border, commonly listed at 7,570 m (24,836 ft), and its elevation was first measured in 1922 . It remains unclimbed; Bhutan prohibited climbing above 6,000 m from 1994 and prohibited mountaineering entirely from 2003, while a 1999 Japanese expedition's permit was withdrawn after a Bhutanese protest .

Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres (24,836 ft) and a prominence of 2,995 metres (9,826 ft). In Dzongkha language, its name means "White Peak of the Three Spiritual Brothers".

Gangkhar Puensum is a Himalayan summit on the Bhutan–Tibet border, commonly listed at 7,570 m (24,836 ft), and its elevation was first measured in 1922 . It remains unclimbed; Bhutan prohibited climbing above 6,000 m from 1994 and prohibited mountaineering entirely from 2003, while a 1999 Japanese expedition's permit was withdrawn after a Bhutanese protest .

Documented mountaineering milestones

  • 1985–1999 — Documented reconnaissance and expedition attempts: Several expeditions reached the mountain’s approaches, but Gangkhar Puensum remains unclimbed; later access was closed under Bhutanese mountaineering restrictions.

Routes and approaches

A documented north-side approach reached Yojitsongtso from Lhasa by road over Monda La, then continued by horseback along an old Tibet–Bhutan valley trail to Sumdo base camp at the confluence of the Namsang and Liankang glaciers .

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