Cho La is a summit
pass located above sea level in the
Solukhumbu District in northeastern
Nepal
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. It connects the village of
Dzongla () to the east and the village of
Thagnak () to the west.
Tourism
The pass is on the Gokyo trail in the
Khumbu
Khumbu (also known as the Everest Region) is a region of northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of Koshi Pradesh.Bradley, Mayhew; "Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya"; ...
Everest
Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its ...
region. To the west the trail continues to the
Gokyo Lakes, crossing the
Ngozumpa glacier on the way. To the east the trail joins the
Everest Base Camp trek.
The pass can be physically demanding and may require
crampons
A crampon is a traction device attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing. Besides ice climbing, crampons are also used for secure travel on snow and ice, such as crossing glaciers, snowfields and icefields, as ...
on top of the slippery glacier. The edge of the glacier is unstable.
The Cho la Pass is covered in snow for 9 months of the year, with the temperature being below 0 degrees Celsius for a long time.
References
Mountain passes of Nepal
Mountain passes of the Himalayas
Hiking trails in Nepal
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