Gurja Himal () is a mountain in

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...

, Nepal. Gurja Himal is part of the Dhaulagiri massif and it has an elevation of . In 2018, an avalanche from the mountain killed nine people which was labelled as the worst climbing disaster in Nepal after the

2015 Mount Everest avalanches During the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a MW 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Shaking from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least twenty-two people were killed, surpassing an ...

. One of the victims was South Korean mountain climber

Kim Chang-ho Kim Chang-ho is a male former international table tennis player from North Korea. He won a bronze medal at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Jung Kil-Hwa, Jung Ryang-Woong, Kim Jung-Sam ...

. Gurja Himal was first climbed on 1 November 1969 by a Japanese expedition.

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Gurja Himal
at Nepal Himal Peak Profile Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas Mountains of the Gandaki Province {{Nepal-mountain-stub