Reo Purgyil

Reo Purgyil
View of the peak
Highest point
Elevation6,816 m (22,362 ft)
Prominence1,978 m (6,490 ft)
ListingIndian state high point
Ultra
Coordinates31°53′02″N 78°43′53″E / 31.8840°N 78.7314°E / 31.8840; 78.7314
Geography
Reo Purgyil is located in Ngari
Reo Purgyil
Reo Purgyil
Location within Ngari
Reo Purgyil is located in Himachal Pradesh
Reo Purgyil
Reo Purgyil
Location within Himachal Pradesh
LocationPooh tehsil, Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India
Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Parent rangeWestern Himalaya
Climbing
First ascent1971
Easiest routeClimb

Reo Purgyil (6,816 m), and its shorter twin known as Leo Pargial or Leo Pargil (6,791 m), are twin mountain peaks at the southern end of the Zanskar Range in the Western Himalaya located on the border between Himachal Pradesh, India and Tibet, China.

Reo Purgyil is the highest mountain peak in the state of Himachal Pradesh. This dome shaped peak, often obscured by clouds, is part of a great massif that rises above the Sutlej river and overlooks the western valleys of Tibet. The Spiti River, a right bank tributary of the Satluj, drains the northern face of the massif.

Leo Pargial, a well-known slightly shorter twin of Reo Purgyil, is located about 2 km north of Reo Purgyil.

NH-505 passes by the nearby Nako village located on the slopes of the Reo Purgyil mountain, close to the India-Tibet border.

Climbing history

Tourism

Nako, base for the trekking, also has tourist hotels, homestays, restaurants, a lake, Buddhist Gompa.

Transport

NH-505 passes through the nearby Nako.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reo Pargial, China/India". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Reo Purgyil, 6816 m". wikimapia. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Leo Pargial – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 [dead link]"Reo Purgyil; Beneath the shroud". The Himalayan Journal. 1992. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Kapadia, Harish (1999). Across Peaks & Passes in Himachal Pradesh. Atlanta: Indus Publishing. ISBN 978-8-1738709-9-6.
  6. ↑ [dead link]Leo Pargil dome
  7. ↑ "Tibet Ultra-Prominences". peaklist.org. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Ciliberto, Jonathan (2013). Six Weeks in the Spiti Valley. Atlanta: Circle B Press. ISBN 978-0-9659336-6-7.
  9. ↑ "High Asia - All mountains and main peaks above 6650 m". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Bengali team braves adverse conditions to reach the peaks of Reo Purgyil". dreamwanderlust.com. 11 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Lamkhaga pass trek blog". Raacho Trekkers.
  12. ↑ "ITBP mountaineers climb 22,222 ft high Leo Pargil peak". 1 September 2020.