Khumbu Glacier — Local services in Khumbupasanglahmu

A large, partly rock-covered glacier in Nepal, famous mainly because it lies on some popular routes for approaching and climbing Mount Everest.

The Khumbu Glacier has two main parts (see panel, below). Its upper part, on the western flank of Mount Everest (see pp.226–27), is a colossal icefall—a steeply descending, deeply crevassed mass of broken ice. With its source area at 24,900 ft (7,600 m), the ice moves downhill relatively fast, at about 3 1⁄4 ft (1 m) per day. As a result, large crevasses can open up with little or no warning. Smaller ones can become buried under the snow, creating treacherous snow bridges through which unwary climbers can fall. Crossing the icefall is a dangerous exercise, but much of the route up and down is along ladders and ropes that are attached each year by...

The entire Glacier is ever shifting, is dangerous and has unstable surface due to the loose gravel, pebbles, stones and collapsing glacial ice. Section /intersection of Kangri Shar Glacier and Khumbu Glacier is most risky to negotiate. One has to be sure of their footing other wise the chances of accidents and injury are very high. The Everest Base Camp is set up adjoining the Khumbu ice fall &...

The glacier cover with stones and land, and it is melting, so the walking is a bit dangerous and it is really recommended to follow the milestone and not the map because the trail changes every year, and the locals mark the right trail with stones. It is really special experience to walk there because every few seconds you can hear stones rolling into the water...