Gokyo Trek
Description
- Length in days 12 days
- Start of trail Lukla
- End of trail Gyoko valley
- Traildino grading SW, Strenuous walk, mountain trail
- Hut tour grading T2, Mountain walk
12 days, from Lukla
A variant on the Everest Trek, is the valley west of the Khumbu valley, namely the Gokyo Valley. Like the walk to Everest base camp, the first piece of your hike is from Lukla to Namche Bazaar. Hence the trail runs to the west rising up the Gyoko valley.
Most hikers make the trip from Gyoko to Gyoko Ri, a 5357m summit. The views from here are magnificent.
You can cross from this valley to the Khumbu valley, the Everest route. For that you need to go over the difficult Cho La pass, 5420 m. This requires a a glacier crossing, making the right equipment imperative.
Map
Links
Facts
Reports
- Everest Trek < Nepal < Travelogues ¦ MyHimalayas
Short report and a large page with beautiful photographs.
- Nepal Gokyo Lakes - Everest Base Camp Trek
"This site is a celebration of my visit to the Everest region of Nepal in Autumn 1999. I have included my trek diary and around 250 photographs to show what the Khumbu area is like and maybe tempt you to go and visit the area yourself."
- BolderBoy's 2000 Nepal Trekking Journal
Trip report of the Gokyo Trail to Mount Everest on trailjournals.com.
- gokyodiary
A 15 day trip to Gyoko in 2006.
- Salpa / Arun to Everest Base Camp
Trip in 2000 to Everest Basecamp and Gyoko valley, starting in the Arun valley.