Peaks
Kangchenjunga
Records
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
Season Expeditions Successful Success rate First 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.
Route Year Expedition Nationality
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.
Expedition Days Base camp Summit Route Nationality
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