Base camp treks: how far you actually walk

The trek is the hike; the summit is not

Marketing copy often says “Everest trek” or “K2 trek” as if the itinerary finished on the peak. On this catalog the walk stops at camp (or a viewpoint on the same walking line). That is the same line as where hiking ends: walking is SAC T1–T3 / YDS 1–2; ropes, glaciers, and the death zone are mountaineering. A trail page that carries a “Where the walking ends” block is naming that handoff. We have not verified the climb.

Altitude on these corridors is a public safety fact, not a grade. Read Himalayan altitude rather than a rest-day itinerary invented here. Nepal permit documents live on Nepal trekking permits. Fee amounts stay gated or Unverified — never invented on this page.

Origin, geology, and expedition logistics for the summits themselves live on mountain guides— for example Everest, Annapurna I, Manaslu. Those pages are not trail records and do not replace this walk.

Base-camp walks in this catalog

Membership is earned from records whose walking line is tagged as ending at camp, with mountaineering above — not from a padded list. New 8,000 m camp records appear here when they land. Nanga Parbat / Fairy Meadows did not resolve as a hiking relation or two named OSM nodes and was not invented.

• out-and-back

  Annapurna Base Camp

  Stored length 23.88 km. High 4,127 m on this record; walking ends at Annapurna Base Camp / Sanctuary (4,130 m). The peak above is mountaineering, not this trail.

  OSM line (ODbL, rel 17548991) · read 2026-09-21 · provisionalderived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-09-21

• out-and-back

  Everest Base Camp

  Stored length 53.72 km. High 5,293 m on this record; walking ends at Everest Base Camp (5,364 m). The peak above is mountaineering, not this trail. Many itineraries add Kala Patthar as a walking viewpoint above Gorak Shep; that pin is not on this record's schematic village line.

  OSM line (ODbL, rel 1189003) · read 2026-09-21 · provisionalderived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-09-21

• point-to-point

  K2 Base Camp / Concordia

  Stored length 74.2 km (schematic — not walking distance). High 4,963 m on this record; walking ends at K2 Base Camp. The peak above is mountaineering, not this trail.

  curated:schematic · read 2026-09-11 · editorial · provisionalcopernicus-dem:glo-30 · verified 2026-09-24

• out-and-back

  Kangchenjunga Base Camp

  Stored length 100.18 km. High 5,161 m on this record; walking ends at Pangpema (Kangchenjunga Base Camp) (5,140 m). The peak above is mountaineering, not this trail.

  OSM line (ODbL, rel 12664915) · read 2026-09-21 · provisionalderived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-09-21

• out-and-back

  Makalu Base Camp

  Stored length 19.99 km. High 4,880 m on this record; walking ends at Makalu Base Camp (4,830 m). The peak above is mountaineering, not this trail.

  partial OSM line (ODbL, rel 19876100), upper Barun segment only; not the Num/Tumlingtar trek; route line pending verification; not walking distance · read 2026-09-21 · provisionalCopernicus GLO-30 · verified 2026-09-21

A circuit is not a base-camp trek

Manaslu Circuit is a walking circuit around Manaslu (OSM 2-D 118.52 km; DEM high 5,151 m in the Larkya La band). It is not a walk to Manaslu Base Camp. The summit is mountaineering and is not this record. It is listed here so “Manaslu trek” is not read as a climb.

Figures you will see on the records

Some lengths are OSM walking lines; some are labelled schematic — not walking distance. DEM highs are Copernicus samples of the stored geometry, which may sit a few metres off a cited camp or pass. We leave the DEM in place rather than overwrite it. Published kilometre disagreements are shown on the trail page, not silently picked. See how long is the trail.

Also in this desk: Where hiking ends · Mountain guides · Himalayan altitude · Nepal trekking permits · How we verify.