| Durpata | |
| Elevation M: | 6468 |
| Prominence M: | 638 |
| Prominence Ref: | [1] |
| Range: | Garhwal Himalaya |
| Location: | Uttarakhand, India |
| Map: | India Uttarakhand |
| Map Size: | 260 |
| Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 30.7175°N 79.7367°W |
| First Ascent: | On 16 August 1939 Andre Roch and sherpa Gombu during a Swiss Climbing Party. |
Durpata is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. It is situated in the Kamet range. The elevation of Durpata is 6468m (21,220feet) and its prominence is 638m (2,093feet). It is 93rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 3.8 km east of Gauri Parbat 6708m (22,008feet) its nearest higher neighbor. Hathi Parbat 6727m (22,070feet) lies 4.8 km SW and it is 5.1 km SSE of Rataban 6166m (20,230feet). It lies 11.7 km SSE of Nilgiri Parbat 6474m (21,240feet). [1]
It was first climbed by Andre Roch and Sherpa Gombu in 1939 during a Swiss climbing party. On 16 August they climbed a glacier and followed a ridge on the south-east slope between two summits. they found a large partially frozen tarn at 21,000 feet Mounting some couloirs they soon attained a snowy ridge to the top. They descended after building a small cairn and back in camp in 2 hours.[2]
Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Durpata:
It was surrounded by Ratabon Glacier on the northern side and Kosa Glacier on the southern side. Both the glacier merge them self and drains down to Dhauliganga River near Malari. Later Dhauli ganga met with Alaknanda at Vishnuprayag. Alaknanda River is one of the main tributaries of river Ganga that later joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Devprayag and became Ganga there after.[4]