Day 1
Soti Khola to Machha Khola
6 hrs12 kmsleep 930 m
Manaslu · Moderate
Tsum Valley Trek itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Soti Khola to Soti Khola, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
12
Highest sleep
3,700 m
Distance
85 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
Machha Khola to Jagat
6 hrs13 kmsleep 1,410 m
Day 3
Jagat to Lokpa
6 hrs11 kmsleep 1,960 m
Day 4
Lokpa to Chumling
5 hrs10 kmsleep 2,350 m
Day 5
Chumling to Nile
6 hrs11 kmsleep 3,330 m
Sleeping altitude rises 980 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 6
Nile to Mu Gompa
5 hrs9 kmsleep 3,700 m
Day 7
Mu Gompa to Chhokang Paro
5 hrs10 kmsleep 3,010 m
Day 8
Chhokang Paro to Lokpa
6 hrs14 kmsleep 1,960 m
Day 9
Lokpa to Jagat
5 hrs11 kmsleep 1,410 m
Day 10
Jagat to Soti Khola
6 hrs14 kmsleep 730 m
Tsum Valley Trek itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Tsum Valley Trek?
12 days as published here, covering 85 km with 56 hours of walking in total.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Tsum Valley Trek?
3,700 m. The highest point reached on the route is 3,700 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Tsum Valley Trek climbs the most?
Day 5, Chumling to Nile, gains 980 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Tsum Valley Trek itinerary allow enough time to acclimatise?
There is 1 night above 3,000 m where sleeping altitude rises by more than 500 m, which is more than the commonly cited guideline. That does not make the itinerary wrong, but those are the nights to look at first if you are adding spare days.
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Add rest days and see how the sleeping-altitude profile changes before you commit to a booking.
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