Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) trekking in 5 days
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 51.34 mi
- Elevation gain
- 17,920 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 17,920 ft
- Max elevation
- 14,054 ft
- TrailRank
- 50
- Min elevation
- 5,168 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- one day 5 hours 33 minutes
- Time
- 3 days 23 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- 13670
- Uploaded
- March 23, 2022
- Recorded
- March 2022
near Sāmruṅ, Gandaki Pradesh (Nepal)
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Itinerary description
Starting and Finishing point: Bus Station of Jhinu Danda
There is no way to get lost, the trail does not demand tecnical skills on climbing, but has lots of parts with snow, there are some parts with avalanche risk, giant suspension bridges, some bufalos and donkeys too. So to make it in 5 days you need to have a good body preparation, good boots (mine was not and opened), good walking sticks and a adjustable backpack, that is why we considered it difficult.
Day 1: We took a bus from Pokara early in the morning to Gandruk but bus passed by Gandruk and went until the bus station of Jhinu Danda, it stays in the middle of nowhere, looks the wrong place but it is there. The road is terrible and dangerous but drivers are pro, you gotta trust them. Right in the beggining of the trail (around 12:30) we had to cross a giant suspension bridge. We head straight to Sinouwa where we stayed the first night
Day 2: We walked from Sinouwa to Machapuchare Base Camp (MBC), lots of upwards parts, it was difficult, we stayed there in MBC
Day 3: We walked from MBC to ABC, lots of parts with snow, we saw 3 avalanches, but in the other side of the valey so we did not run any risk, we spent the night there in ABC
Day 4: We took the sunrise at the freezing and breathtaking view point of ABC, took a good beeakfast and walked all day long from ABC to Jhinu Danda where we spent a night in a guest house close to Hot Springs, it was a tiring day, even walking all day we got there already 20:20, it was totally dark, 25km total in this day.
Day 5: We relax our muscles in the hot spring in the morning and crossed the giant bridge again to take the bus back to pokara departuring at noom.
There is no way to get lost, the trail does not demand tecnical skills on climbing, but has lots of parts with snow, there are some parts with avalanche risk, giant suspension bridges, some bufalos and donkeys too. So to make it in 5 days you need to have a good body preparation, good boots (mine was not and opened), good walking sticks and a adjustable backpack, that is why we considered it difficult.
Day 1: We took a bus from Pokara early in the morning to Gandruk but bus passed by Gandruk and went until the bus station of Jhinu Danda, it stays in the middle of nowhere, looks the wrong place but it is there. The road is terrible and dangerous but drivers are pro, you gotta trust them. Right in the beggining of the trail (around 12:30) we had to cross a giant suspension bridge. We head straight to Sinouwa where we stayed the first night
Day 2: We walked from Sinouwa to Machapuchare Base Camp (MBC), lots of upwards parts, it was difficult, we stayed there in MBC
Day 3: We walked from MBC to ABC, lots of parts with snow, we saw 3 avalanches, but in the other side of the valey so we did not run any risk, we spent the night there in ABC
Day 4: We took the sunrise at the freezing and breathtaking view point of ABC, took a good beeakfast and walked all day long from ABC to Jhinu Danda where we spent a night in a guest house close to Hot Springs, it was a tiring day, even walking all day we got there already 20:20, it was totally dark, 25km total in this day.
Day 5: We relax our muscles in the hot spring in the morning and crossed the giant bridge again to take the bus back to pokara departuring at noom.
Waypoints
Bus stop
5,504 ft
Bridge
Mountain hut
Waypoint
Mountain pass
Overnight
Waterfall
Fountain
Panorama
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Hi Matheus, sorry to bother you, a few questions if I may: did you have a guide? Did you camp or sleep in houses and if so, did you book in advance? Thank you!