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Naya Kanga (5844 m / 19180 ft)
Viewed from the hill above
Kyangjin Gompa in the Langtang Valley, Naya
Kanga is a shapely mountain rising to the west
of the Ganja La (5122m/16800ft) which is a
popular, although at times difficult, pass
giving access to Helambu and the Kathmandu
Valley. The normal route of ascent on Naya Kanga
is via the North-East Ridge, an aesthetic line
on snow and ice, classically alpine in
character.
The Langtang valley lies roughly thirty
kilometers north of Kathmandu quite close to the
border with Tibet. Indeed one of the rewards of
gaining the Ganja La of the summit of Naya Kanga
is the superb views of peaks close to or in
Tiber. The stunning panorama looking north-east
over peaks in the Jugal Himal includes Lanshisa
Ri (6370m/ 20899ft), Penthang Ri (6836m/
22428ft), and Pemthang Karpo Ri, or Dome Blanc
(6830m/ 22412ft), to Shishapangma
(8046m/26398ft) which is the highest peak in
Chinese territory and the last of the 8,000metre
summits to be climbed. |
