Day 8

Mon 28 Sep 2026 · trip day 11

Route notes

The itinerary PDF was written for the Annapurna Sanctuary route and has no description for the revised days. The notes below are derived from the tracks and the PDF's general plan, not quoted from it.

Route

The revised plan offers two ways through days 7–10; this day differs between them.

Option A — staged ascent, out east to Siding — Badal Danda - Mardi Himal Base Camp - High Camp

Climbs the ridge in two stages and sleeps at Badal Danda before High Camp, which spreads the altitude gain. After Mardi Himal Base Camp it descends east off the ridge to Siding and leaves by jeep.

The long day of the trek. Up the open ridge to High Camp (3,540 m), then the climb along the crest of the Kali Danda past the Lower Viewpoint (about 3,960 m) and Upper Viewpoint (about 4,155 m).

Mardi Himal Base Camp sits at roughly 4,490 m directly under Mardi Himal (5,553 m) with Machhapuchhre filling the skyline to the west.

Return the same way to High Camp for the night — about 14 km and 1,250 m of climbing in the day, most of it above 3,500 m.

Download GPX Badal Danda → High Camp → Lower Viewpoint → Upper Viewpoint → Mardi Himal Base Camp → High Camp

Computed from the track (OSM routing, Copernicus GLO-30 elevations, 20 m hysteresis for gain/loss):

Elevation profile

Maps

Option B — straight to High Camp, walk out south to Kande — High Camp - Mardi Himal Base Camp - Badal Danda

Reaches High Camp in a single climb from Forest Camp, visits Mardi Himal Base Camp from there and drops back to Badal Danda the same day, then walks the length of the ridge out to the road at Kande — two more days on foot and no long transfer.

Up the Kali Danda crest from High Camp past the Lower and Upper Viewpoints to Mardi Himal Base Camp at roughly 4,490 m, under Mardi Himal and Machhapuchhre.

Then all the way back down past High Camp to sleep at Badal Danda (about 3,270 m), nearly 1,250 m below the high point.

Download GPX High Camp → Lower Viewpoint → Upper Viewpoint → Mardi Himal Base Camp → High Camp → Badal Danda

Computed from the track (OSM routing, Copernicus GLO-30 elevations, 20 m hysteresis for gain/loss):

Elevation profile

Maps