Gauri Parbat

{{short description|Mountain in Uttarakhand, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Gauri Parbat

| other_name = Ghori Parbat

| photo =Hathi_Parbat_from_Gorson_Bugyal.jpg

| photo_caption = Gauri Parbat (on the left) from Gurson Bugyal

| elevation_m = 6708

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 353

| prominence_ref ={{cite web |title=Gauri Parbat |url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/gauri-parbat.html |website=PeakVisor |access-date=10 May 2020 |language=en}}

| listing =

| range = Garhwal Himalaya

| range_coordinates =

| location = Uttarakhand, India

| map = India Uttarakhand

| map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand

| map_size = 260

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|30|42|40|N|79|42|03|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| first_ascent = First ascent of Gauri Parbat was on 18 August 1939 by Andre Roch, Fritz Steuri and David Zogg and few sherpas

}}

Gauri Parbat, also spelled Ghori Parbat{{cite web|title=Himalayan Journal|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/?s=Ghori+parbat|publisher=The Himalayan Club|access-date=6 June 2013}} is a mountain peak, located in Uttarakhand state, India and the height of the peak is {{convert|6708|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.{{cite web|last=ROCH|first=ANDRE|title=DUNAGIRI, GAURI PARBAT, RATABAN, AND CHAUKHAMBA, 1939|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/dunagiri-gauri-parbat-rataban-and-chaukhamba-1939/|publisher=The Himalayan Club/Himalayan Journal 12|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308234309/http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/dunagiri-gauri-parbat-rataban-and-chaukhamba-1939/|url-status=dead}} Also called "Horse" peak, it is near Joshimath and another peak nearby is Hathi parbat 6727 metres (22070 feet). As its height is 20,000 + feet, it was a popular destination for several mountaineering expeditions during 20th Century.{{cite book|title=Himalayan journal Vol 35|year=1979|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|page=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fiZuAAAAMAAJ&q=gauri+parbat}} Gauri Parbat along with Haathi Parbat, Nilgiri Parbat and other mountains of Kamet range tower over Valley of flowers.

Ascent

First ascent of Gauri Parbat was on 18 August 1939 by Andre Roch, Fritz Steuri and David Zogg and few sherpas.

References