Sumeru Parbat is a high mountain in the Gangotri Glacier region of

Garhwal Himalaya The Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Geology This range is also a part of Himalaya Sivalik Hills, the outer most hills of the Himalaya located in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Major peaks ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in the North India, northern part of India. It is often referred to as t ...

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. The mountain is encircled by

Kedarnath Kedarnath is a town and Nagar Panchayat in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India, known primarily for the Kedarnath Temple. It is approximately 86 kilometres from Rudraprayag, the district headquarter. Kedarnath is the most remote o ...

and Kedardome in the north,

Kharchakund Kharchakund is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. The elevation of Kharchakund is and its prominence is . It is 64th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It ...

in the west & Mandani and Yanbuk in the south.

Climbing History

The first ascent was made in 1971 on the North face by an Indian expedition. The second ascent (first via NE face) was completed in 1984 by a team from Siliguri under the leadership of Durjoy Ghosh, which put four climbers and two Sherpas on the top in inclement weather conditions. A British team attempted an ascent of the south ridge in 1989, but turned back from the summit due to weather.

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, publisher = Alpine Club , year = 1973 , title = Notes 1972 - Asia , author = Lawford, Robert , page = 240 , url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk%2FContents%2FContents_1973_files%2FAJ%25201973%2520238-242%2520Lawford%2520Asia.pdf , access-date = 14 April 2019 {{cite journal , title = Garhwal, Sumeru Parbat Attempt, South Ridge, 1989 , journal = American Alpine Journal , publisher = American Alpine Club , volume = 33 , issue = 65 , year = 1991 , page = 254 , author = Blain, Andrew , url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199125401/Asia-IndiaGarhwal-Sumeru-Parbat-Attempt-South-Ridge-1989 , access-date = 16 January 2019 {{cite book, last=Bisht, first=Harshwanti, title=Tourism in Garhwal Himalaya: With Special Reference to Mountaineering and Trekking in Uttarkashi and Chamoli Districts , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C6DGU73WzsC&pg=PA38, date=May 1994, publisher=Indus Publishing, isbn=978-8173870064, page=38 {{cite journal , journal =

Himalayan Journal The ''Himalayan Journal'' is the annual magazine of the Himalayan Club in India. History and profile The magazine was established in 1929. The first editor-in-chief was the English geographer Kenneth Mason. He was a surveyor operating from Shi ...

, publisher = The Himalayan Club , year = 1986 , volume = 42 , title = Expeditions and Notes: Sumeru Parbat, author = Ghosh, Durjoy , url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/42/21/expeditions-and-notes-42/ , access-date = 14 April 2019 {{cite book, last=Sharma, first=K. P., title=Garhwal & Kumaon: A Guide for Trekkers and Tourists , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSelsX-adscC&pg=PA186, date=Jan 1998, publisher=Cicerone Press Limited, isbn=9781852842642, page=186 Mountains of Uttarakhand