Day 9

Tue 29 Sep 2026 · trip day 12

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 — High Camp to Siding

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.

Back down the ridge past Badal Danda and Low Camp, then the eastern descent off the crest through Bhiujung and Nagi into the Mardi Khola valley.

Siding is a Gurung village at about 1,850 m with road access — a drop of more than 1,700 m in the day.

Download GPX High Camp → Badal Danda → Low Camp → Siding

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 — Badal Danda to Pittam Deurali

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.

The full ridge descent: Low Camp, Rest Camp and Forest Camp, then on south along the crest through forest to Pittam Deurali at about 2,130 m.

Long but steady — 13 km, losing about 1,340 m, and back below the treeline for the night.

Download GPX Badal Danda → Low Camp → Forest Camp → Pittam Deurali

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

Elevation profile

Maps