137 Mountain Peaks opened to foreigners for mountaineering, trekking

These peaks are located in the States/UT’s of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir.

The Government has opened 137 mountain peaks for foreigners desirous of obtaining Mountaineering Visa (‘MX’) for mountaineering and trekking. These peaks are located in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim.
While the highest number of 51 peaks have been opened to foreigners in Uttarakhand, 15 peaks of Jammu and Kashmir have also been included in the list. The Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC), Prahlad Singh Patel has expressed his gratitude to the Home Minister, Amit Shah for acceding to the request of Tourism Ministry to open up more peaks to foreigners. “It is an historic step towards promoting adventure tourism in the country,” he said.
The Minister has emphasized on the need for ensuring safety of those travellers going for adventure tourism. He urged the States to exercise utmost caution while registering adventure tourism operators and also to ensure that the adventure tourism guidelines are followed by the States.
The Indian Adventure Tourism Guidelines 2018 cover land, air and water-based activities which includes mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, paragliding, kayaking, scuba diving, snorkelling, river rafting and many other sports.
The list of 137 Mountain Peaks is available below
LIST OF PEAKS IN UTTARAKHAND
S.No.
Name
Purpose
1
Avalanche
Mountaineering
2
Bhrigupanth
Mountaineering
3
Bharigu Parbat
Mountaineering
4
Kalidhang
Mountaineering
5
Yanbuk
Trekking
6
Ratangarian
Trekking
7
Chirbas Parbat
Mountaineering
8
Mahalaya Parbat
Trekking
9
Rudugaira
Trekking
10
Balakun
Mountaineering
11
Banderpunch West
Mountaineering
12
Bewtarholi
Mountaineering
13
BetartholiSouth
Mountaineering
14
Bhagnyu
Trekking
15
Garur Parbat
Mountaineering
16
Garur Forked
Mountaineering
17
Kalanka
Mountaineering
18
Parbati Parbat
Mountaineering
19
Pawagarh
Trekking
20
PurbiDunagiri
Mountaineering
21
Rishi Pahar
Mountaineering
22
Narayan Parbat
Trekking
23
Nar Parbat
Trekking
24
Black Peak
Mountaineering
25
Dangthal
Mountaineering
26
Devisthan-I
Mountaineering
27
Devisthan-II
Mountaineering
28
Devtoli
Mountaineering
29
Dunagiri
Mountaineering
30
Hardeol
Mountaineering
31
Janhukot
Mountaineering
32
Kirti Stambha
Mountaineering
33
Lamchir
Trekking
34
Lamchir South
Trekking
35
Lampak South
Mountaineering
36
Mahalaya Parbat
Trekking
37
Manda-I
Mountaineering
38
Manda-II
Mountaineering
39
Manda-III
Mountaineering
40
Nanda Bhanar
Mountaineering
41
Nanda Khani
Mountaineering
42
Nanda Lapak
Trekking
43
Panchachuli-I
Mountaineering
44
Panchachuli-II
Mountaineering
45
Panchachuli-III
Mountaineering
46
Panchachuli-IV
Mountaineering
47
Panchachuli-V
Mountaineering
48
Rishi Kot
Mountaineering
49
SAF Minal
Mountaineering
50
Srikantha
Mountaineering
51
Sumeru Parbat
Mountaineering
LIST OF PEAKS IN SIKKIM
S.No.
Name
Purpose
52
Forked Peak
Mountaineering
53
Gocha peak
Mountaineering
54
Jopono
Trekking
55
Kabru North
Mountaineering
56
Kabru South
Mountaineering
57
Kabru Dome
Mountaineering
58
Kangchenzunga
Mountaineering
59
Kangchenzunga South
Mountaineering
60
Koktang
Mountaineering
61
Narsing
Trekking
62
Nepal Peak
Mountaineering
63
Pandim
Mountaineering
64
Pyramid Peak
Mountaineering
65
Simvo
Mountaineering
66
Simvo-II
Mountaineering
67
Simvo North
Mountaineering
68
Simvo North East
Mountaineering
69
Siniolchu
Mountaineering
70
Talung
Mountaineering
71
Talung South-I
Mountaineering
72
Talung South-II
Mountaineering
73
Tent Peak
Mountaineering
74
Tingchenkhang
Mountaineering
75
Zemu Peak
Mountaineering
LIST OF PEAKS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
S.No.
Name
Purpose
76
Golapkangri
Trekking
77
Eiger
Mountaineering
78
Cerro Kisthwar
Mountaineering
79
Chomochior
Mountaineering
80
Kailash
Mountaineering
81
Agyasol
Mountaineering
82
Umasi
Mountaineering
83
Kalidahar, Kishtwar (Spires)
Trekking
84
Dandagoporum
Mountaineering
85
Mardi Phabrang
Mountaineering
86
Tupendu-I
Trekking
87
Tupendu-II
Trekking
88
KishtwarShivling
Mountaineering
89
Tanak Peak
Trekking
90
Barmal Peak
Trekking
LIST OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
S.No.
Name
Purpose
91
Kullu Makalu
Mountaineering
92
KulluPumori
Mountaineering
93
KulluEiger
Trekking
94
Dibibokri Pyramid
Mountaineering
95
Fluted Peak
Mountaineering
96
Hunnungma
Trekking
97
Pyramid
Mountaineering
98
Parbati South
Trekking
99
Rubal Kang
Mountaineering
100
Shigri Parbat
Mountaineering
101
Snow Cone
Mountaineering
102
Snow Dome
Trekking
103
Shitidhar
Trekking
104
Ashagiri
Mountaineering
105
CB-17
Trekking
106
CB-18
Trekking
107
CB-19
Trekking
108
CB-48 (Tamoo)
Trekking
109
CB-49 (Tilakalhar)
Trekking
110
CB-50
Mountaineering
111
CB-52
Trekking
112
CB-53 (Sharmili)
Mountaineering
113
CB-54
Mountaineering
114
CB-55 (Sharmili)
Trekking
115
CB-57 (Tapugiri)
Trekking
116
KR-1
Mountaineering
117
KR-2
Mountaineering
118
KR-3
Trekking
119
KR-4
Mountaineering
120
KR-5 (CB-7)
Mountaineering
121
KR-6
Trekking
122
KR-7
Mountaineering
123
KR-8
Mountaineering
124
Lalana
Mountaineering
125
M-1
Trekking
126
M-2
Trekking
127
M-3
Trekking
128
M-4 (Mulkila)
Mountaineering
129
M-5
Mountaineering
130
M-6
Mountaineering
131
M-7 (Taragiri)
Mountaineering
132
M-8
Mountaineering
133
M-9
Trekking
134
M-10
Trekking
135
Mulkila (M04)
Mountaineering
136
T-1
Trekking
137
T-2
Mountaineering
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