Arakam Tse is a mountain in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

Description

Arakam Tse is a

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...

in the

Khumbu Khumbu (also known as the Everest Region) is a region of northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of Koshi Pradesh.Bradley, Mayhew; "Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya"; ...

region of the Nepalese

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 pea ...

. It is situated west of

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

and north of

Cholatse Cholatse (), also known as Jobo Lhaptshan, is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Cholatse is connected to Taboche (6,501m) by a long ridge, with the Chola glacier descending from the mountain's east face. The north and e ...

Topographic relief Terrain (), alternatively relief or topographical relief, is the dimension and shape of a given surface of land. In physical geography, terrain is the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientati ...

is significant as the east slope rises 1,100 metres (3,609 ft) in . Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the

Dudh Koshi Dudh Koshi (दुधकोशी नदी, ''Milk-Koshi River'') is a river in eastern Nepal. It is the highest river in terms of elevation. Dudh Koshi originates from the glacier lakes at the height of 5,100 meters above sea level and meets Sapt ...

. Trekkers pass by this peak en route to

Everest Base Camp There are two Base camp#Shelter, base camps on Mount Everest, on opposite sides of the mountains: #South Base Camp in Nepal, South Base Camp is in Nepal at an altitude of (), while #North Base Camp in Tibet, North Base Camp is in Tibet at (). ...

. The

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of the summit was made on October 26, 2013, by Josep Maria Esquirol, Silvestre Barrientos, Alfonso Gaston, and Ferran Rodríguez. This team of Spaniards climbed the northeast face via a route they named ''Tatopani'', (1,000m, M5+).

Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

, Arakam Tse is located in a

tundra climate The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. It is classified as ET according to the Köppen climate classification. It is a climate which at least one month has an average temperature high enough ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the

Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region. Many South Asian and Southe ...

are forced upwards by the Himalaya mountains (

orographic lift Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100% and cr ...

), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Mid-June through early-August is the monsoon season. The months of April, May, September, and October offer the most favorable weather for viewing or climbing this peak.''Everest Treks : A Month By Month Review of the Best Seasons''
Brinley Clark, Himalayanwonders.com, Retrieved April 7, 2025.

Gallery

File:Arakam Tse, 5904m.jpg, Southeast aspect File:Cholatse (left) and Arakam Tse (right).jpg, Cholatse (left) and Arakam Tse (right) File:Arakam Tse viewed from Gokyo Ri.jpg, West aspect, viewed from Gokyo Ri File:Mt.cholatse-and-cholo-lake.jpg, Cholatse (left) and Arakam Tse (right) File:Taboche and Cholatse Peaks.jpg, Taboche,

and Arakam Tse File:Arakam Tse from southeast.jpg, Southeast aspect File:גוקיו רי.jpg, Arakam Tse to left of center, Mount Everest furthest left, Ngozumpa Glacier below File:South face of "Mount Everest" from Renjo La Pass (5345m) with Gokyo Lake at the bottom.jpg, Arakam Tse is the dark peak to right, Mount Everest centered File:Arakam Tse east.jpg, East aspect

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* Weather
Arakam Tse
{{Portal bar, Mountains, Geography, Geology, Nepal Mountains of Koshi Province Five-thousanders of the Himalayas Solukhumbu District

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