Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga is a 8586m peak in the Kangchenjunga Himal. The Himalayan Database records 210 expeditions to this peak, with the first ascent in 1955 by George Band, Joe Brown.

At 8586m, Kangchenjunga is the 2nd highest of the 503 peaks in the database with a recorded height — higher than 100% of them. With 210 recorded expeditions, it is the 12th most visited of the 503 peaks.

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Height (m)	Peaks
5,400–5,599 m	3
5,600–5,799 m	10
5,800–5,999 m	15
6,000–6,199 m	87
6,200–6,399 m	83
6,400–6,599 m	80
6,600–6,799 m	76
6,800–6,999 m	46
7,000–7,199 m	33
7,200–7,399 m	19
7,400–7,599 m	15
7,600–7,799 m	12
7,800–7,999 m	8
8,000–8,199 m	7
8,200–8,399 m	1
8,400–8,599 m ← Kangchenjunga	7
8,600–8,799 m	0
8,800–8,999 m	1

Expeditions	Peaks
0 expeditions	64
1 expedition	105
2–3 expeditions	123
4–7 expeditions	102
8–15 expeditions	57
16–31 expeditions	27
32–63 expeditions	9
64–127 expeditions	4
128–255 expeditions ← Kangchenjunga	2
256–511 expeditions	5
512–1,023 expeditions	2
1,024–2,047 expeditions	2
2,048–4,095 expeditions	1

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Decade	Expeditions	Summits
1900s	1	0
1910s	1	0
1920s	4	0
1930s	3	0
1940s	1	0
1950s	4	4
1960s	0	0
1970s	2	5
1980s	31	89
1990s	34	49
2000s	41	86
2010s	62	203
2020s	26	246

Summits count member records marked as summiting (claimed ascents excluded), by the year of the expedition. The 2020s are still under way.

Peak Details

Records — first ascent of each route, youngest and oldest summiters, and more. Change history — how this peak and its expeditions have changed between database releases.

Expeditions

210 recorded expeditions.