Ganja La Chuli (Naya Kanga) 5844m.
is marvelously situated in the southern flank Langtang
region of Nepal and towering over the South of alpine
Langtang valley and holy lakes of Gosaikund. Its fine
ridge systems provide superb climbing and spectacular
scenery from a top the summit; you can gaze in wonder
at the peaks of the Jugal Himal as a Dome Blanc, Langshisa
Ri and at Tibet's highest Mt. Shisapangma 8035m. the
last 8,000m. peak in the World to be the climbed.
The normal route of ascent to Naya
Kanga is via the north - East Ridge over a line on
ice and snow. We follow the route of Langtang trek
to Kyangjin (3,749m/12,297ft) for the ascent of Naya
Kanga. To the north above Kyangjing, there are several
hills that provide both the magnificent views and
acclimatization. Northeast of Kyangjing Ri (4,700m/15,416ft),
there are two peaks; Yala Peak (5,500m/18,045ft) and
Tsergo Peak (5,749m/18,857ft) that provide good climbing
for acclimatization.
We then trek through the summer settlement
of Yala Khark, for an acclimatization climb of the
very easy Yala peak 18045ft. before moving onto our
base camp just below the crest of the Ganja la.
We continue following the trail to
Ganja La climbing steeply through moraine. We leave
Ganja La trail to climb steeply up yet more moraine
to reach the eastern end of the glacier shelf beneath
the northeast face of Naya Kanga (Ganja La). We set
up the high camp here for the ascent. We cross the
glacier shelf to the foot of a shallow couloirs heading
to the north ridge. We climb the couloirs to the notch
and the base of the ridge. Then we turn to the ice
nose on the left, which is only the technical section
on the climb. Now the ridge widens and leads to a
small col. on the east-west summit ridge and the summit
is only 30m higher to the right. The climb near the
summit should be done carefully. Normally, the ascent
takes 5-7 hours from the high camp. For the return
trek, we may follow Ganja La-Helambu route or back
the way we came in to Dhunche. Or we return to the
Langtang valley and to the sacred lakes of the Gosaikund
before crossing of Lauribinayak pass to Nepal's other
Sherpa area, the Helambu valley where once again magnificent
mountain views are for the taking. This route could
be followed if you have enough time.
The real trip to the summit of Naya
Kanga starts either from Dhunche or Syabru Bensi.
From Dhunche the trail leads slowly up to the Kyangjin
Gompa, one visit with pleasure Buddhist Monastery
that is very famous region. Then, you continue up
the base camp crossing Ganja la Pass 4510m, which
is one of the strenuous passes. Two days are allowed
to ascend the peak, then you past to the Dukpu, Tarkeghyang,
and Patibhanjyang to the Sundarijal from where you
can drive back to Kathmandu.