Cholatse
Cholatse from the east
Highest point
Elevation6,440 m (21,130 ft)[1]
Prominence750 m (2,460 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates27°55′05″N 86°46′00″E / 27.91806°N 86.76667°E / 27.91806; 86.76667
Geography
Cholatse is located in Nepal
Cholatse
Cholatse
Location in Nepal
LocationKhumbu, Nepal
Parent rangeKhumbu Himal
Climbing
First ascent1982 by Vern Clevenger, Galen Rowell, John Roskelley, Bill O'Conner, and Peter Hackett
Easiest routeglacier/snow/ice climb

Cholatse (also known as Jobo Lhaptshan) (Nepali: चोलात्से) is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Cholatse is connected to Taboche (6,501m) by a long ridge. The Chola glacier descends off the east face. The north and east faces of Cholatse can be seen from Dughla, on the trail to Mount Everest base camp.

There is a lake just below this pass to the east, and in Tibetan 'cho' is lake, 'la' is pass, and 'tse' is peak so Cholatse means literally "lake pass peak".[2] Cholatse was first climbed via the southwest ridge on April 22, 1982, by Vern Clevenger, Galen Rowell, John Roskelley, Bill O'Connor and Peter Hackett. The north face was successfully scaled in 1984.

Notable ascents

Cholatse from Cho La Pass.
The icefall below the headwall on the normal route (southwest-west ridge) during winter.
North face of Cholatse seen from Lobuche East. (1) French Route (Badaroux-Batoux-Challamel-Mora-Robach, 1995). The dotted line shows the Korean variations during the first winter ascent (Park Jung-hun-Chai Kang-sik, 2005). (2) 2010 Russian Route. (Credit:Joel Kauffman)
"Brothers In Arms" route.

References

  1. ^ "Cholatse". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Cholatse". summitpost.org. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. ^ Robach, Paul (1996). "Cholatse North Face" (PDF). French Mountaineering Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-08-16. Retrieved 28 Nov 2021.
  4. ^ MacDonald, Dougald (13 July 2005). "Solo on Cholatse and Tawoche". Climbing.com Hot Flashes. Climbing magazine. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 1 Sep 2009.
  5. ^ "The Himalayan Cataract Project team Summits Cholatse!". MountEverest.net. ExplorersWeb. 12 May 2005. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 1 Sep 2009.
  6. ^ Piunova, Anna (2011). "Cholatse North Face, Calendar winter ascent" (PDF). mountain.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-08-16. Retrieved 28 Nov 2021.
  7. ^ Benavides, Angela (2021). "The French Team Wraps Up in the Khumbu — Two New Routes, Three Lost Friends". Explorers Web. Archived from the original on 2023-09-06. Retrieved 28 Nov 2021.


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