Gurja Himal () is a mountain in
Gandaki Province
Gandaki Province ( ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region in Southw ...
, Nepal. Gurja Himal is part of the
Dhaulagiri massif and it has an elevation of .
In 2018, an avalanche from the mountain killed nine people which was labelled as the worst climbing disaster in Nepal after the
2015 Mount Everest avalanches
In the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a April 2015 Nepal earthquake, MW 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Tremors from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Everest Base Camp#South Base Camp in Nepal, Base Camp on M ...
.
One of the victims was South Korean mountain climber
Kim Chang-ho.
Gurja Himal was first climbed on 1 November 1969 by a Japanese expedition.
References
External links
Gurja Himalat Nepal Himal Peak Profile
Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas
Mountains of the Gandaki Province
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