Ama Dablam Expedition 30 Day(s)

The normal route to climb Ama Dablam (6812m) is from its South- West ridge. Most of the mountaineering beginners start their climbing through this Mt. Ama Dablam. Ama Dablam is a small snowcapped peak of 6812m lying in the Everest region. This South West ridge is the normal and most popular route to ascend the Mt. Ama Dablam. This mountain is considered to be the technical difficult for climbing. The mountaineers have to cross-difficult ice rocks and steep snow climbing on their route. Mountaineers usually have to pitch 3 high camps while climbing Ama Dablam 6812m.

The climbers have to pass the toughest and the difficult passing through the saddle ridges and then should turn to the north, climbing up through the rocky ground and through the boulder from base to camp 1. We are in Camp one now. From Camp I - one has to cross the rocky bowl and should climb the ridge through fixed lines to Camp 2. The climbing route from Camp 2 is mostly with the steep mixed alleyways of rock, ice and snow. The route leads to the slope following snow ground and then passes through steep snow and ice tunnel then finally along the snow ridge go to Camp 3. From camp 3 to the summit is steep climb on snow and ice to the right of a huge hanging glacier. From the Top of Mt. Ama Dablam very charming sceneries of Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Island peak, Makalu, Khumbu Himal and rest of the snow capped surrounded mountains can be envisioned.

Advanced Base Camp, 4750m, to Camp I, 5700m (via Advanced Base Camp 5300m)
The view from base camp is incredible: a stream meanders though the grassy meadows; the massif of Ama Dablam towers above; the valley Mt Taweche opens below. From here, the path winds eastward through grassy moraine ridges and screen (often icy) until reaching a broad plateau at 5150m, from where you can see the Mingbo La pass. From the plateau the trail leads north and climbs steeply to a large boulder field. We set up Advanced Base Camp, 5300m just below the bolder field. leers an oblique profile
At the end of the boulder field, slabs traverse deep crevices and to access the proper ridge there is an ascent using fixed ropes. An easy scramble up the east side of the ridge reaches Camp I at 5700m, where there are four or five tent platforms.

Camp I, 5700m to Camp II, 5900m
From the Camp I the trail follows an exposed rocky ridge dotted with towering rock fingers. The ridge is narrow at times and more crevices to be traversed on slabs.
Easy ground is followed to the start of a traverse on the east face, which leads to the base of the Yellow Tower. To reach Camp II, at 5900m, there is a sharp 15 metre pitch where fixed ropes are used. This is the hardest pitch on the climb. Camp II is extremely exposed, and there is very limited tent space (4 platforms).

Camp II, 5900m to Camp III, 6300m
From Camp II, the route is more mixed with snow and iced-up rock. The trail skirts an outcropping of red rocks and drops down to follow a snowy ridge, traversing a gorge between the Grey Tower and the lower rock wall. There are some steep snowy sections of this bottomless snowy ravine to negotiate before the trail reaches the Mushroom Ridge and finally Camp III, 6300m, a sheltered spot on the east side of the ridge.

Camp III, 5900m to the Summit 6856m
The biggest challenges of Summit day are the snowy conditions and altitude. The trail climbs above Camp III on snow and ice to the east side of Ama Dablam. You continue to skirt the hanging glacier, or Dablam, to a small snowfield and then the climb heads directly up snow slopes to the obvious ice crest. Ice fields lead up to a highly exposed and magnificent summit.