Nepal's longest glacier grinds 36 kilometres down from Cho Oyu — a grey, groaning river of ice and rubble that the Gokyo trail rides alongside for days.
Cross it once (the route to Cho La does) and you understand the Himalaya's scale differently: melt-pools like small lakes, ice cliffs the size of buildings, and the constant tick of moving stone.
Length
~36 km — Nepal’s longest
Source
Cho Oyu, 8,188 m
Best view
From Gokyo Ri
Insider tip
Listen at the viewpoint — on a still afternoon you can hear the glacier crack and settle far below.
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