Kurumdy Mountain

Kurumdy Mountain is located in Central Asia's Pamir Mountains, in the Trans-Alay Range's eastern part. Kurumdy (Kurumdy I peak) is located on the international border between Kyrgyzstan and China, at an elevation of 6,614 meters (21,699 feet) above sea level.

Kurumdy is located in the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, in the eastern part of the Trans-Alay Range. It's 22 kilometers east of Kyzyl-Art Pass. The East Kyzilsy Glacier, with a length of 3,7 km and an area of 69,4 km2, flows on the northern side. The Kurumdy Glacier, with a length of 17.2 kilometers (10.7 miles) and a surface area of 60.6 kilometers (23.4 square miles), is located on the south side and flows west. It has been the three-state summit between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and China since territorial changes in 2011.

Regarding the initial ascension, there is some skepticism. In 1932, an ascent from the south by E. Timashev and his party appear to have reached the main summit. Other reports, however, claim that this group only made it to Kurumdu West (6,154 m). Michael Mihajlov and Vitaliy Akimov climbed a large north ridge to the summit of Kurumdy I on October 1, 2001. If the 1932 ascent was simply to Kurumdu West, this would be the first ascent.

Markus Gschwendt and Katharina Pfnaisl of Austria completed the first crossing (East-West, 15 days) in summer 2015. This was the main summit's second ascent (6,614 m, 5 August 2015). They continued on to 6,000 m summits, at least two of which were unclimbed at the time. They selected a fairly steep slope east of the Kurumdy east peaks for the ascent (6,384 m, Peak Kathi 6,259 m). They descended by passing the west summits (6,554 and 6,283 meters) and then following a north ridge to Golova Orla (5,440 meters), where they arrived at Basecamp (3,770 m)

Location: Kyrgyzstan–China border

Elevation: 6,614 m (21,699 ft)