Highest unclimbed mountains

Gangkhar Puensum ( 7570  m ), highest unclimbed mountain

Holy Mount Kailash ( 6638  m ), the most famous unclimbed mountain

There are contradicting data about the highest unclimbed mountains on earth . Difficulties in determining arise from insufficient knowledge of past ascents and various measurement and definition problems.

Highest previously unclimbed mountain

The status of the highest previously unclimbed mountain or of a certain region is therefore sometimes controversial and may not be able to be determined with absolute certainty.

According to various mountaineering websites, the 7570  m high Gangkhar Puensum in the Himalayas is currently the highest unclimbed mountain in the world . It is located in Bhutan , on or near the border with China and Tibet there . For religious reasons, climbing permits for the high mountains in Bhutan have not been issued since 1994. In the 1980s, various attempts at ascent had failed.

The Gangkhar Puensum could lose its status as the highest unclimbed mountain, for example by changing the definition of the term mountain, if peaks and elevations in the ridge with a notch height (prominence) of well below 500 m in the Himalayas were recognized as a mountain, then the Lhotse Middle East ( 8372  m ) become the highest unclimbed mountain.

Since the Gangkhar Puensum can no longer be officially climbed, the question of the second highest mountain has been asked, for which no ascent is generally known. After the first ascent of the Saser Kangri  II Ost ( 7513 m ), a mountain with a notch  height of 1450 m, on August 24, 2011, the 7453  m high Muchu Chhish (notch height 263 m) in the "Batura Wall" in the western Karakoram is considered Candidate.

Since the highest mountains of all continents have now been climbed, the less high unclimbed mountains are hardly known and the unclimbed status is difficult to verify, mountaineering interest is now more focused on the first ascent of difficult routes on the highest and most famous mountains and walls on earth . Compared to the six and seven thousand meter peaks that have not yet been climbed, these endeavors are usually a significantly greater technical challenge.

List of unclimbed peaks more than 7000 meters high

This list contains the 33 previously unclimbed, more than 7000  m high peaks (as of September 22, 2011) as well as the Machapuchare as the highest unclimbed six-thousanders. The minimum prominence here is 150 m.

rank	summit	Height (in m )	Notch height (in m)	Reference mountain	Country	Mountains	mountain range
1	Gangkhar Puensum	7570	2995	Kangchenjunga	Bhutan / China ( Tibet )	Himalayas
2	Muchu Chhish	7453	263	Batura Sar	Pakistan	Karakoram	Batura Muztagh
3	Kunyang Chhish West	7350	170	Kunyang Chhish	Pakistan	Karakoram	Hispar Muztagh
5	Summa Ri I	7302	202	Skilbrum	Pakistan	Karakoram	Baltoro Muztagh
6th	Saser Kangri Plateau Peak	7287	207	Saser Kangri	India	Karakoram	Saser Muztagh
7th	Lapche Kang III	7250	570	Lapche Kang	China (Tibet)	Himalayas	Lapche Himal
8th	Apsarasas Kangri III	7236	416	Apsarasas Kangri II	India / China ( Xinjiang )	Karakoram	Siachen Muztagh
9	Karjiang I	7221	895	Kula Kangri	China (Tibet)	Himalayas
10	Tongshanjiabu	7207	1757	Gangkhar Puensum	Bhutan / China (Tibet)	Himalayas
11	Skyang Kangri West	7174	194	Skyang Kangri	Pakistan / China (Xinjiang)	Karakoram	Baltoro Muztagh
12	Yermanendu Kangri	7163	423	Masherbrum	Pakistan	Karakoram	Masherbrum Mountains
13	Chamar south	7161	219	Chamar	Nepal	Himalayas
14th	Namcha Barwa II	7146	166	Namcha Barwa	China (Tibet)	Himalayas
15th	Asapurna I	7140	262	Annapurna I	Nepal	Himalayas	Annapurna Himal
16	Praqpa Kangri	7134	668	Skilbrum	Pakistan	Karakoram	Baltoro Muztagh
19th	Annapurna Dakshin North East	7125	454	Annapurna South	Nepal	Himalayas	Annapurna Himal
19th	Teri Kang	7125	454	Tongshanjiabu	Bhutan	Himalayas
20th	Sanglung	7095	995	Namcha Barwa	China (Tibet)	Himalayas
21st	Sia Kangri II	7093	401	Sia Kangri	Pakistan / China (Xinjiang)	Karakoram	Baltoro Muztagh
22nd	Himlung II	7092	272	Himlung	Nepal	Himalayas
23	Urdok Kangri II	7082	232	Urdok I.	Pakistan / China (Xinjiang)	Karakoram	Baltoro Muztagh
17th	Mandu Kangri II	7081	121	Mandu Kangri	Pakistan	Karakoram	Masherbrum Mountains
24	Asapurna II	7069	156	Annapurna I	Nepal	Himalayas	Annapurna Himal
25th	Malangutti Sar South	7061	157	Malangutti Sar	Pakistan	Karakoram	Hispar Muztagh
26th	Thulagi Chuli	7059	679	Manaslu	Nepal	Himalayas	Mansiri Himal
27	Zongophu Kang	7047	1383	Tongshanjiabu	Bhutan / China (Tibet)	Himalayas
28	Karjiang II	7045	195	Karjiang I	China (Tibet)	Himalayas
29	Link Sar	7041	1011	K6	Pakistan	Karakoram	Masherbrum Mountains
30th	Shudu Tsenpa	7024	547	Pauhunri	India / China (Tibet)	Himalayas
31	Lapche Kang III West	7020	120	Lapche Kang II	China (Tibet)	Himalayas	Lapche Himal
32	Sherpi Kangri East	7000	480	Sherpi Kangri	Pakistan / India	Karakoram	Saltoro Mountains
33	Machapuchare	6993	1233	Annapurna I	Nepal	Himalayas	Annapurna Himal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Mountains of the Himalayas - The Mountains of Bhutan , accessed November 24, 2014, from himalaya-info.org
2. ↑ Highest Unclimbed Peaks , accessed on November 24, 2014, from peakware.com (English)
3. ↑ Gangkhar Puensum - Tales on the Highest Unclimbed Mountain ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on November 24, 2014, from abc-of-mountaineering.com (English)  
4. ↑ High Asia - All mountains and main peaks above 6750  m , list of all mountains above 6750  m with information on ascent, status: March 26, 2011, accessed on September 22, 2011, at 8000ers.com (English)