Mera Peak, Nepal's highest trekking peak, and why it needs lungs not technique

Trail & Weather Nepal's highest trekking peak shows you five of the world's six highest mountains from the top, and its standard route needs no technical climbing. By Anjali Shrestha · Jun 11, 2026 Read the full story

Mera Peak is Nepal's highest trekking peak at 6,476 metres, and it asks for fitness and patience with thin air rather than technical climbing. The reward is one of the great summit views on Earth: five of the six highest mountains in a single sweep. Key facts… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

The view that makes it famous

From the summit on a clear morning you see Everest, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu and Cho Oyu strung across the horizon at once. Almost no other vantage point offers that skyline. It is the payoff for the long walk in through the wild, lightly trekked Hinku… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

How hard it really is

Mera is not easy; it is non-technical. The altitude is serious and the summit day long, but because it asks for endurance rather than rock-and-ice technique, a fit, well-prepared trekker with a good guide can reach the top. You will still wear crampons and… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Who Mera is for

Mera is the trek-to-climb step. If you have walked to Everest Base Camp or Annapurna and want to stand on a real summit, feel the thin air of 6,000 metres and use crampons for the first time, it is the classic choice. If you would rather learn to climb than… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

A little history

Mera Central was first climbed on 20 May 1953, nine days before Everest, by Colonel Jimmy Roberts and Sen Tenzing. The true north summit waited until 1975, when a French party reached it. Climb Mera Peak with us Our 15-day Mera Peak climb (US$2,500 solo, from… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

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