Peak 41 is a mountain in

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Description

Peak 41 is a glaciated summit in the Nepalese

Himalayas 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 list of h ...

. It is situated east of

Namche Bazaar Namche Bazaar (also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; ) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in ward no 5 Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Koshi Province in northeastern Nepal. I ...

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. 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 ...

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is significant as the summit rises 1,550 metres (5,085 ft) above the Mera Glacier in . The

first ascent In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ...

of the summit was made on October 16, 2002, by a team of Slovenian climbers: Urban Golob, Uros Samec, and Matic Jost. The northeast face was first climbed in 2016 by South Koreans: Koo Eun-soo, Han Dong-ik, and Yoo Hak-jae.''Peak 41, Northeast Face''
Lindsay Griffin, 2020, Americanalpineclub.org, Retrieved April 16, 2025.

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 ...

, Peak 41 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 16, 2025.

Gallery

File:Panorama from Mera Peak summit with captions.jpg, Peak 41 centered File:Peak 41.jpg, Peak 41 centered. Everest/Lhotse to distant left File:Sunrise on Peak 41.jpg, North aspect at sunrise File:Solukhumbu, Nepal - panoramio (6).jpg, North aspect File:Peak 41 in Nepal.jpg, North aspect viewed from Island Peak

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* Peak 41
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* Account of first ascent
American Alpine Club
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