Fourth World Summit Lhotse

Lhotse 8516 meters above sea level, is the world's fourth peak. At 86.9 degrees east longitude, and 27.9 degrees north latitude, is located three kilometers south of Mount Everest, between them across a Shanyou, known as the "South Pass." To the northern mountain ridges and ridges to the southeast sector, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the east, the west side of the Kingdom of Nepal.

Tibetan called "small knot HS Sangma", which means "green and beautiful fairies", the "fairies" extremely dangerous terrain, the environment is exceptionally complex, large and small glaciers clouds and unpredictable climate. May 18, 1956, two Swiss Mountaineering Team, the first western slope from the Nepal summit success. However, it was not yet in from the side of China Dongpo climbing success. Climate characteristics: speed slightly lower than Everest, the rainfall is greater than Everest. A year early June to mid-September, avalanche frequent rainstorms, preventing heavy Xuewu. In mid-November to mid-February the following year, the southward from the northwest wind pressure, peak temperatures as low as -60 ℃. Only in the annual early March to the end of the spring 5, or early September to the end of October the fall, a more stable climate, there may be several good about the weather. Jin Shan routes: from Lhasa travelling along the China-Nepal highway Gyangze and Xigaze to Xegar, totalling 670 km journey of about two days, and then the summary Mozhuo area along Highway south, traffic at 110 km altitude after 5145 m the end of the Rongbuk Glacier - Rongbushi.