Rolwāling Valley (), known as a (

Gaurishankar Gaurishankar (also Gauri Sankar or Gauri Shankar; ; Sherpa language, Sherpa: Jomo Tseringma), a mountain in the Nepal Himalayas, is the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal, behind Melungtse (7,181 m). The name comes from the Hindu go ...

) rural municipality, is a section of the

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 ...

in east-central Nepal along the

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...

border. Rolwaling Himal includes Melungtse 7181m and Melungtse II 7023m inside Tibet and

7134m on the

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 ...

border with some 50 additional peaks over 6000m, all extending from the

Nangpa La Nangpa La ( also known as ) (el. ) is a high mountain pass crossing the Himalayas and the Nepal-Tibet Autonomous Region border a few kilometres west of Cho Oyu and some northwest of Mount Everest. A foot-trail over Nangpa La is the traditional ...

pass where the Mahalangur section begins, southwest to the Tamakosi River. The Labuche Himal section rises beyond the Tamakosi to the northwest. Rolwaling Himal is bounded on the south by the Rolwaling Valley which contain several small

sherpa SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) is an organisation originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project. History SHERPA began as an endeavour to support the establishment of a number of open ...

villages

Tasi Nam Tasi Nam or (Tashi Gau actual name) is the largest village of Gauri Sankar (village), Gauri Sankar (Rural municipality) at Dolakha District, Nepal, population of 700. Ethnic groups like, Sherpa (people), Sherpa, Magar people, Magar, Gurung, Kami, ...

, Simigau and Beding under rolwaling valley,

is the largest town of the area. From Kathmandu five to six days are to reach

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 ...

around 10 days to mount Everest base camp, which have to Tasilapcha pass (5755 m). Visitors can trek to Everest base camp by crossing Tasilapcha, fly from

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

Lukla Lukla ( ) is a small town in the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu rural municipality of the Solukhumbu District in the Koshi Province of northeastern Nepal. Situated at above sea level, it is a popular place for visitors to the Himalayas near Mount Everest ...

or walk from kharikhola. Access to the valley and the mountains of the range is made on foot through an established trail system starting at Jagat, Bhiku rural municipality (230 km east of

). Ten hours drive by local bus (5–6 hours by pvt car). A western style trek from Jagat to Beding will normally take four to five days. There are two ways to reach Beding, either by Tasinam village, or Simigua. From Tasinam trekkers can pass Daldung la pass (at 4500 m) and enjoy wonderful scenery, Himalayan species, cultures, flora and fauna.

Tsho Rolpa Tsho Rolpa (also ''Cho Rolpa'') is one of the biggest glacial lakes in Nepal. The lake, which is located at an altitude of in the Rolwaling Valley, Dolakha District, has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting in the Him ...

(also Chho Rolpa) is one of the biggest glacial lakes in Nepal. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres (15,030 ft) in the Rolwaling Valley, Dolakha. Rolwaling valley is under

Rural municipality. The first Western exploration of the area was made by

Eric Shipton Eric Earle Shipton, CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977), was an English Himalayan mountaineer. Early years Shipton was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1907 where his father, a tea planter, died before he was three years old. When he was e ...

in 1951 during the reconnaissance of Mount Everest. Sherpa Clan in Rolwaling valley are Chusherpa or Ngonpa or Ngonba, Murminso , Rukpa, Sakywa, Lakshindo, Salakha & Sangu.

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Rolwaling is the site of a

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which some Buddhists consider blessed, and travel to for meditation.

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