Papsura
| Papsura | ||
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| height | 6451 m | |
| location | Himachal Pradesh ( India ) | |
| Mountains | Western Himalayas | |
| Dominance | 20.24 km → Parbati | |
| Coordinates | 32 ° 12 '45 " N , 77 ° 33' 15" E | |
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| First ascent | June 3, 1967 by Geoffrey Hill and Colin Pritchard | |
The Papsura is a mountain in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh .
The 6451 m high mountain lies on the border of the districts of Lahaul and Spiti and Kullu . It is located in the main Himalayan range not far from the junction of the Pir Panjal mountain range. The glaciers on the eastern flank of Papsura flow into the Bara Shigri Glacier .
The twin peaks Dharamsura (6420 m; 1.72 km southeast) and Papsura are known in Lahaul as "the peaks of good and evil".
Geoffrey Hill and Colin Pritchard were the first to climb the mountain on June 3, 1967. They reached the summit via the western couloir of the south flank.