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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. |
