Kangchenjunga records

First climbed on 25 May 1955 by George Band, Joe Brown (UK), expedition KANG55101. Ascents claimed but not recognised are excluded throughout; disputed ascents are included, as in the database's own statistics.

By season

SeasonExpeditionsSuccessfulSuccess rateFirst successful
Spring 173 120 69% 1955 (summit 25th May 1955)
Summer 3 0 0% -
Autumn 31 11 35% 1981 (summit 15th Oct 1981)
Winter 3 2 67% 1985 (summit 11th Jan 1986)

First ascent of each route

Route names are as recorded, so the same route can appear under slightly different names.

RouteYearExpeditionNationality
SW Face 1955 25th May 1955 KANG55101 UK
E Spur-N Ridge 1977 31st May 1977 KANG77101 India
W Face of N Col-N Ridge-N Face 1979 16th May 1979 KANG79101 UK
N Face 1980 14th May 1980 KANG80101 Japan
N Face-N Ridge 1982 6th May 1982 KANG82102 Italy
SW Face (variation on lower part) 1983 28th May 1983 KANG83102 Austria
SW Face-Main Smt 1984 17th May 1984 KANG84101 Japan
W Face-S Smt-Central Smt-Main Smt 1984 17th May 1984 KANG84101 Japan
NE Spur from E 1987 25th May 1987 KANG87102 India
N Ridge 1988 3rd May 1988 KANG88101 USA
From Yalung Kang up; to Central and S Smts down 1989 9th Apr 1989 KANG89101 USSR
South/Central Smts-S Ridge up; Yalung Kang down 1989 9th Apr 1989 KANG89101 USSR
SW Face up; S Ridge-SW side down 1989 9th Apr 1989 KANG89101 USSR
NE Spur (E Ridge)-N Face/Ridge 1991 24th May 1991 KANG91101 India
NE Spur-N Ridge/N Face 1993 23rd May 1993 KANG93101 Ukraine
SW Face-W Col-NW Ridge 1995 5th Oct 1995 KANG95303 Switzerland
N Face (nearly Scott's 1979 rte) 1996 6th May 1996 KANG96101 Spain
NW Ridge 1998 15th May 1998 KANG98102 Japan
N Face (Japanese 1980 rte) 1998 18th May 1998 KANG98103 USA

Youngest summiters

Oldest summiters

Ages are the database's calculated age (from the summit date and the date or year of birth), so can be a year out when only the year of birth is known.

Fewest days from base camp to summit

Days from the expedition's arrival at base camp to its first summit. Very short times are usually teams that acclimatised elsewhere first.

ExpeditionDaysBase campSummitRouteNationality
KANG23105 2 16th May 2023 18th May 2023 SW Face Norway
KANG18106 3 20th May 2018 23rd May 2018 SW Face Nepal
KANG22108 3 11th May 2022 14th May 2022 SW Face Norway
KANG22109 6 6th May 2022 12th May 2022 SW Face India
KANG09107 12 6th May 2009 18th May 2009 SW Face S Korea
KANG22105 16 26th Apr 2022 12th May 2022 SW Face UK
KANG22104 18 21st Apr 2022 9th May 2022 SW Face Canada
KANG91102 19 12th Apr 1991 1st May 1991 SW Face Yugoslavia
KANG11105 19 1st May 2011 20th May 2011 SW Face Nepal
KANG98106 22 26th Apr 1998 18th May 1998 SW Face Italy