Ghorepani Poon Hill

Name: Ghorepani Poon Hill
Address: NP

Curated schematic — not walking distance. Pin-to-pin OSM named-waypoint loop Nayapul → Ghorepani → Poon Hill → Ghandruk → Nayapul. Cited itinerary ~45 km (provisional, secondary). Permits are the headline (official NTNC/NTB 2026-09-21). High 3,210 m is the Poon Hill landmark.

Last verified 2026-09-21 vs NTNC-ACAP / Nepal Tourism Board

Byline

The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.

Poon Hill above Ghorepani, Annapurna, Nepal

Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.

Permits and fees

Permit	Cost	Quota / restriction	Issuer	Source	Verified
ACAP entry + TIMS cardUnverified — not officially sourced	ACAP NPR 3,000 foreign / NPR 1,000 SAARC (tax included, NTNC). TIMS NPR 2,000 foreign / NPR 1,000 SAARC (NTB TIMS page).Statutory local figure. Dated USD conversion: not recorded.	—	NTNC-ACAP / Nepal Tourism Board	Issuer page	Unverified

Altitude weather delta

High 3,210 m minus low 1,029 m is 2,181 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 14.2 °C cooler at the high point than the valley, all else equal.

That is a model (International Standard Atmosphere environmental lapse), not a forecast and not a trail-closure. Wind, snow, and storms stay in Hazards.

derived:lapse-rate · 2026-09-10 · provisional

ISA 6.5 °C / 1,000 m · wikipedia.org · 2026-09-10

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This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON

Facts28.298, 83.768

Distance45 km*

operator itinerary (cited ~45 km loop; schematic — not walking distance) · 2026-09-21 · editorial · provisional

Ascent+2,168 m*

Copernicus GLO-30 (8 schematic pins, not a walking profile) · 2026-09-21 · dem · provisional

Descent2,168 m*

Copernicus GLO-30 (8 schematic pins, loop; not a walking profile) · 2026-09-21 · dem · provisional

High point3,210 m*

cited Poon Hill landmark 3,210 m (Wave N evidence; not DEM at pin) · 2026-09-21 · editorial · provisional

Low point1,029 m*

Copernicus GLO-30 (Nayapul pin) · 2026-09-21 · dem · provisional

Routeloop

Days4

SeasonSep–May (year-round accessible; NTB / NTNC, checked 2026-09-21)

GradeSAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1

Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog

DifficultyUngraded — schematic, no OSM sac_scale line

SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade): Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
YDS Class 1: Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.

Curated schematic from named OpenStreetMap nodes (ODbL). The line is pin-to-pin, not a surveyed walking path. Pin-to-pin 2-D length 36.19 km is schematic — not walking distance and is not this DataPoint. The published distance is the cited ~45 km loop (operator itinerary, secondary, provisional). Ascent and descent are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at those eight pins only, not a walking profile, and remain provisional. The elevation-profile km axis follows the schematic pins, not the cited itinerary.

No connected Ghorepani / Poon Hill hiking relation resolved on 2026-09-21. Pins: Nayapul → Tikhedhunga → Ulleri → Ghorepani → Poon Hill (OSM node 316997699) → Tadapani → Ghandruk → Nayapul. osmRelationId is unset. Never graduate to verified without a connected OSM hiking relation. Distinct from annapurna-base-camp (relation 17548991) and annapurna-circuit (relation 1187310) — relate-not-merge. Classic Ghorepani–Poon Hill–Ghandruk loop from Nayapul.

typicalDays 4 is Math.round(45/12), a placeholder, not a published itinerary window.

High 3,210 m is the cited Poon Hill landmark (Wave N evidence, lastVerified 2026-09-21) — not the GLO-30 sample at the viewpoint pin (3,197 m). Low 1,029 m is Copernicus GLO-30 at the Nayapul pin (lastVerified 2026-09-21), still provisional. Ascent 2,168 m / descent 2,168 m are pin-sample DEM on the loop schematic, not a walking profile.

ACAP single-entry from NTNC e-permit (https://epermit.ntnc.org.np/, checked 2026-09-21): NPR 3,000 foreign / NPR 1,000 SAARC, tax included. Double fees if issued at a check-post. TIMS NPR 2,000 foreign / NPR 1,000 SAARC (NTB TIMS, https://ntb.gov.np/en/plan-your-trip/before-you-come/tims-card, checked 2026-09-21). Confirm live tariffs before travel.

Water

No water sources recorded.

Surface

Surface is not recorded. This field is filled only from an OSM surface tag, not from the grade.

Permits & fees

Permit: ACAP entry + TIMS card

Getting there

Sourced legs to the Nayapul (schematic start) base start station — where this trail record begins. This is not a route planner: durations are approximate and marked provisional until an official transport page confirms them.

Air · Kathmandu (KTM) → Pokhara (PKR)
Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Shree Airlines. About 30 min. Domestic flight; about 25–30 min. Pokhara International opened 2023.
trekpathways.com · 2026-08-20 · official · provisional
Road · Kathmandu → Pokhara
About 7 h. Tourist bus or jeep on the Prithvi Highway; about 6–8 h. No rail to Annapurna trailheads.
trekpathways.com · 2026-08-20 · official · provisional
Road · Pokhara → Nayapul
About 1.75 h. Jeep or bus about 1.5–2 h. Same Pokhara–Nayapul road as Annapurna Base Camp variants. Schematic start is the Nayapul pin on the Ghorepani–Poon Hill loop, not ABC's sanctuary corridor.
trekpathways.com · 2026-08-20 · official · provisional

Ghorepani Poon Hill is a curated schematic. ACAP + TIMS apply (amounts on the trail permit record). Relate-not-merge with annapurna-base-camp.

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Trailheads

Nayapul (schematic start) car-free: unknown
Nayapul (schematic loop close) car-free: unknown

Hazards

Altitude: cited Poon Hill landmark 3,210 m (GLO-30 at the viewpoint pin 3,197 m). This is a foothill teahouse loop, not a high Himalayan base-camp trek.
Related records annapurna-base-camp and annapurna-circuit share ACAP geography — relate-not-merge.

Questions

Do I need a permit for Ghorepani Poon Hill?

A permit is listed as required for Ghorepani Poon Hill: ACAP entry + TIMS card. Status is unverified. This desk does not treat that as an official ruling.

When is the best time to hike Ghorepani Poon Hill?

On this record the best season is: Sep–May (year-round accessible; NTB / NTNC, checked 2026-09-21).

How difficult is Ghorepani Poon Hill?

Ghorepani Poon Hill is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Altitude: cited Poon Hill landmark 3,210 m (GLO-30 at the viewpoint pin 3,197 m). This is a foothill teahouse loop, not a high Himalayan base-camp trek.

How long is Ghorepani Poon Hill?

This figure is 45 km (provisional): a schematic straight-line estimate between waypoints — not a measured walking distance; published figures are the better guide. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail

How do I get to Ghorepani Poon Hill?

The record’s base start is Nayapul (schematic start). A primary gateway on the record is Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM). Trailhead transit notes are not included in this public FAQ.