EBC-Island Peak-Ama Dablam Expedition

Snowy Horizon Treks & Expedition offers a special Ama Dablam expedition combined with the Island Peak climbing. Ama Dablam Expedition with Island Peak climbing extends the program by minimum 4 days but this is a very nice way to acclimatize for the climb and to pay homage to the King of the Himalayas to experience the classic Everest massive view from the summit of Island Peak, which in itself is a nice visual and albeit easy but pleasant climbing experience. Island Peak has an impressive, highly glaciated West Face that rises from the Lhotse Glacier. Previous experience and acclimatization are the most important facts for climbers on their upcoming trip. When you climb Island Peak first, even if you are first-time climbers above 6000m or due to lack of time unable to climb you wish to climb, Island peak reminds your knowledge and becomes more experienced. It ultimately makes you courageous to start the Expedition of Mt. Ama Dablam.

Mt. Ama Dablam is located in the Khumbu region to the south of Everest and Lhotse. As you would expect, that allows for some stunning views during the climb as well as on the summit. The mountain stands above the famous Tyangboche Monastery, which is traditionally visited by climbers in the region. It should be stressed that, despite all the pleasant parts, this is in general a demanding climb and participation in an Ama Dablam Expedition demands solid skills in rock climbing, ice climbing, sufficient experience of high altitude and general technical competency. There are steep ice sections to be overcome at high altitudes and there are sections of serious exposure, which can be particularly challenging.

Experience Required:

For the Ama Dablam Expedition, all climbers need to have good skills in rock and ice climbing and be technically competent. We will fix ropes and make use of the existing infrastructure (if any), however, the climbers should possess the necessary skills of climbing through steep rock and hard compact ice without them. We follow the standard Southwest ridge route (normal route) to the top, as it is considered the safer route with lower objective dangers of avalanches. We begin the approach as usual in the region from Lukla (2860m) and then slowly trek through the Sherpa villages along the trail. We take our time to properly acclimate before we reach base camp and begin the climbing period. We at Snowy Horizon pride ourselves in executing this expedition with a focus on quality as well as safety. As always, the package can be flexibly adjusted to your requirements (in case you want some additional acclimatization time beforehand, etc.) you can feel free to contact us any time for suggestions and advice. We’d be happy to take you on this Mt. Ama Dablam Expedition adventure with our great team.

Island Peak Climbing and Ama Dablam Expedition Base Camp Services:

• In Island Peak, we provide normal tented camping and camp meals prepared by your Sherpa or in a fixed camp at Island Peak Base Camp depending on the size of the group and climbing seasons.
• Snowy Horizon Treks & Expedition provides very professional, supportive and friendly mountaineering logistic services from Kathmandu to the ABC as well as during the Expedition.
• Our objective is to ensure good quality, supportive, safe, friendly, stress-free and comprehensive service to maximize the summit opportunity of the mountain.
• We provide a comprehensive service organizing all necessary permits, and climbing documentation, traveling logistics including airfares, ground transportation, porters, and other individual services required by mountaineers. On the trek to the ABC, we organize all required accommodation and food in teahouses.
• In the Base camp, our cook and helpers will prepare and serve three times delicious freshly cooked and plentiful meals a day and will ensure that hot and cold drinks are available 24hrs a day.
• We provide spacious expedition quality personal tents for all our clients.
• We also provide a dining tent, kitchen tent, toilet facilities and portable shower facilities and tent accommodation for our staff.
• We provide access to communication including satellite telephone and Internet access, and solar panels to charge your batteries.

Island Peak Climbing and Ama Dablam Expedition Full Board Services:

• In Ama Dablam BC for full board Service, we provide a personal tent and food, which will be prepared by their climbing Sherpa on C1, C2 & C3.
• We provide UHF/VHF handheld radios on the mountain to maintain communications between ABC and high camps.
• We provide a personal climbing Sherpa guide to help the clients to reach the summit. Personal climbing Sherpa will set up camp 1, camp 2 and camp 3 including food and fuel provisions, and assist the client to the summit on this technical climb, where one requires a climbing buddy and a be layer. The climb requires cooperation between teams in setting up fixed ropes. Our camp manager and guides will coordinate work with other teams on the route setting.

Approaches to BC:

The approach to the Base camp for Ama Dablam Expedition is short, sweet and beautiful beginning with the amazing flight to Lukla after a few hours drive from Kathmandu to Manthali airport of Ramechhap and following the Everest Base camp trail through Namche Bazaar to Tyangboche and peeling off it just past Pangboche. The Base camp is located at 4600m.

Climbing Routes:

• During your trek to EBC and return to Ama Dablam Base Camp you will climb Island Peak en route via Dingboche-Chhukung-Island Peak and there is a fixed and normal route of climbing.
• The standard climbing route for Ama Dablam Expedition is via the Southwest ridge with a typical arrangement of 3 high camps: Camp 1 (5600m), Camp 2 (5900m) and Camp 3 (6200m) with Base Camp at 4600m and High Camp at 5000m as a store camp.
• The high camp is located 150m below the ridge and all other 3 camps are directly on the ridge ensuring a great vantage point for all camps for stunning views.