Day 1
Pokhara to Sikles
0 hrs0 kmsleep 1,980 m
Annapurna · Easy
Kapuche Glacier Lake Trek itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Sikles to Sikles, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
4
Highest sleep
2,100 m
Distance
32 km
Rest days
0
Altitude profile
Where you sleep each night
The single biggest safety factor on a high trek is how fast your sleeping altitude rises - not how high the route eventually goes.
Stages
The full schedule
Day 2
Sikles to Hugu Goth
6 hrs12 kmsleep 2,100 m
Day 3
Hugu Goth to Sikles
6 hrs15 kmsleep 1,980 m
Day 4
Sikles to Pokhara
0 hrs0 kmsleep 820 m
Kapuche Glacier Lake Trek itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Kapuche Glacier Lake Trek?
4 days as published here, covering 32 km with 12 hours of walking in total.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Kapuche Glacier Lake Trek?
2,100 m. The highest point reached on the route is 2,546 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Kapuche Glacier Lake Trek climbs the most?
Day 1, Pokhara to Sikles, gains 1,160 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Kapuche Glacier Lake Trek itinerary allow enough time to acclimatise?
Above 3,000 m, no night on this itinerary raises sleeping altitude by more than 500 m, which is within the commonly cited guideline. Individual response to altitude still varies, so build in flexibility regardless.
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