Gorichen Peak, the mountain is situated in the Tawang District and is about 164 kms from the district headquarters. Gorichen Peak or Sa-Nga Phu offers climbing opportunities to the seasoned climber, however, amateurs or beginners can trek in the area surrounding the mountain.
It is one of the top attractions of Tawang and is considered sacred by the inhabiting tribe of Monpa who believe that the peak protects them from all the evils. Most tourists get the glimpse of Gorichen Peak while travelling from Bomdila to Tawang.
Gori Chen is a high rock and ice peak and the most western and most easily accessed off the main Arunachal peaks with an elevation of 6,488 metres (21,286ft). It belongs to The Himalaya Mountain Group and is a sub-range to Assam Himalaya. It is also the Headwaters of the Kameng River in Tawang.
Today it is the most frequented of the Assam peaks. The mountain has several subsidiaries, slightly lower peaks, which also have been climbed. Together with Bhutan, Assam is the least explored of the Himalaya. In 1939, an Englishman Bill Tilman was the first man to attempt climbing in the remote and unexplored Southern approaches of Gori Chen, before his team succumbed to malaria.
This mountain received its first ascent by a team led by Dutchman Ronald Naar in 1993 who couldn’t get a permit in time, because of the bureaucracy of the government at the time, so an illegal ascent was made.
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