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Everest

27°59′17″N86°55′30″E

Mahalangur Himal
Nepal · China

Altitude: 8848.86 m

Date: Spring 2026
Summit day: 19 May 2026
Partner: None
Logistics: Seven Summit Treks

Ski descent from the summit
No supplemental oxygen
No personal Sherpa support

A schematic drawing.

The line

Ascent GPX130 kB Descent GPX125 kB

From aboveN↑250 m contours

Camp II Camp II Camp III Camp III Camp IV Camp IV 8849 m 5300 m

27.6 km3485 m of vertical

The telling

Not written up yet

Photographs

Summit → South Col

8849 – 7906 m

Sunrise on the way to the summit — Sunrise, on the way up

The summit of Mount Everest — The summit

On the summit of Everest — On the summit

Everest — the start of the descent from the summit — The start of the descent

The ski descent — the summit ridge — The summit ridge

Lhotse seen from the summit ridge of Everest — Lhotse, from the ridge

South Col → Camp II

7906 – 6400 m

The Lhotse Face just below the South Col — The Lhotse Face under the col

The ski descent — the Lhotse Face — The Lhotse Face

The foot of the Lhotse Face, where it runs out into the Western Cwm — The foot of the Lhotse Face

Camp II → Base Camp

6400 – 5364 m

The ski descent — through Camp I — Through Camp I

The Khumbu Icefall from above — a field of ice blocks under the Western Cwm — The Khumbu Icefall

Two figures among the seracs of the Khumbu Icefall, at first light — The Khumbu Icefall

The ski descent — the Khumbu Icefall — The Khumbu Icefall

A ladder set into an ice wall in the Khumbu Icefall, seen from the climb — A ladder in the icefall

The ski descent — the Khumbu Icefall — The Khumbu Icefall

The ski descent — the Khumbu Icefall — The Khumbu Icefall

The ski descent — the Khumbu Icefall — The Khumbu Icefall

Base Camp tents at night, the mouth of the Khumbu Icefall above them — The icefall from Base Camp, at night

A skier walking across the moraine to Base Camp — Back at Base Camp

Below Base Camp

Trekking

Trekking · a frozen lake under the Amphu Lapcha pass — On the way to the Amphu Lapcha

Trekking · a lit tent under the stars, a snow peak behind it — A night on the way in

Trekking · acclimatising on Mera Peak — Acclimatising on Mera Peak

Trekking · the peaks above at dusk — The peaks at dusk

Film

Edit: Kinga Warjan
Camera: Manish Maharjan
Bartek Ziemski

Everest Ski Descent

Everest Ski Descent