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Mt. Nandakhat (Bed of Nandadevi) positioned outside the Nandadevi sanctuary or at the rim of Nandadevi Sanctuary (Longitude 79º 58' 33’’ and Latitude 30º 18' 6’’ N) at elevation of 6611 mts. Situated at the left to Pindari glacier & Traill’s pass. This region has peaks like Panwali Dwar (6663 m) on left and Changuch (6322 m) on the right across the Pindari glacier. Nandadevi (7816 mts) stands to its north, west ridge adjoining Mt. Panwali Dwar (6663 mts). Mt. Nanda khat climbed in year1931  by Huge Ruttledge. Sri PN Choudhary & porter Pansingh. It is always tricky to cross the icefall and the glacier at its snout to approach the peak. In 1970, two climbers from a Mumbai-based team were killed in an avalanche in the Pindari glacier. Anup Sah from Nainital, Uttarakhand led the first ascent of this peak in 16 oct 1972. The 12-member team of Indian Mountaineering Foundation led by Dr. Anil Ghoortu, attempted this difficult peak in pre monsoon (for the first time)May-June 2010.Just as the team reached ABC the bad weather hit the valley.Without having any of the sherpas,team attained scaled the peak on the 22nd of June 2010 at 1545 hrs from the new route. Deputyleader Dhruv Joshi, Bharat Bhushan, Takpa norboo & Chetan Pandey attained the summit.the team is as follows:

Dr. Anil Ghoortu (Leader), Dhruv Joshi (Deputy Leader), Bharat bhushan, Takpa Norboo, Chaten Pandey, Wallombok Lingdoh, Lalit, Binca Dias, Kavitha Reddy, Ribanisha, Rajal Patel & Tusi Das.