Govt Opens 137 Mountain Peaks in Four States to Foreigners

Delhi: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has opened 137 mountain peaks for foreigners desirous of obtaining Mountaineering Visa (‘MX’) for mountaineering and trekking. These peaks are located in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. Of the 137 peaks, 51 are in Uttarakhand, 24 in Sikkim, 47 in Himachal Pradesh and 15 in Jammu and Kashmir. The Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC), Prahlad Singh Patel has expressed his gratitude to the Home Minister, Amit Shah for acceding to the request of Tourism Ministry to open up more peaks to foreigners. It is an historic step towards promoting adventure tourism in the country, Prahlad Singh Patel said.
Earlier, while addressing the Tourism Ministers from States/UTs at the National Tourism Conference in New Delhi, the Tourism Minister emphasized on the need for ensuring safety of those travellers going for adventure tourism. He urged the states to exercise utmost caution while registering adventure tourism operators and also to ensure that the adventure tourism guidelines are followed by the states. The Indian Adventure Tourism Guidelines 2018 cover land, air and water-based activities which includes mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, paragliding, kayaking, scuba diving, snorkelling, river rafting and many other sports.
LIST OF PEAKS IN UTTARAKHAND
(1) Avalanche (2) Bhrigupanth (3) Bharigu Parbat (4) Kalidhang (5) Yanbuk (6) Ratangarian (7) Chirbas Parbat (8) Mahalaya Parbat (9) Rudugaira (10) Balakun (11) Banderpunch West (12) Bewtarholi (13) Betartholi South (14) Bhagnyu (15) Garur Parbat (16) Garur Forked (17) Kalanka (18) Parbati Parbat (19) Pawagarh (20) PurbiDunagiri (21) Rishi Pahar (22) Narayan Parbat (23) Nar Parbat (24) Black Peak (25) Dangthal (26) Devisthan-I (27) Devisthan-II (28) Devtoli (29) Dunagiri (30) Hardeol (31) Janhukot (32) Kirti Stambha (33) Lamchir (34) Lamchir South (35) Lampak South (36) Mahalaya Parbat (37) Manda-I (38) Manda-II (39) Manda-III (40) Nanda Bhanar (41) Nanda Khani (42) Nanda Lapak (43) Panchachuli-I (44) Panchachuli-II (45) Panchachuli-III (46) Panchachuli-IV (47) Panchachuli-V (48) Rishi Kot (49) SAF Minal (50) Srikantha (51) Sumeru Parbat
LIST OF PEAKS IN SIKKIM
(1) Forked Peak (2) Gocha peak (3) Jopono (4) Kabru North (5) Kabru South (6) Kabru Dome (7) Kangchenzunga (8) Kangchenzunga South (9) Koktang (10) Narsing (11) Nepal Peak (12) Pandim (13) Pyramid Peak (14) Simvo (15) Simvo-II (16) Simvo North (17) Simvo North East (18) Siniolchu (19) Talung (20) Talung South-I (21) Talung South-II (22) Tent Peak (23) Tingchenkhang (24) Zemu Peak
LIST OF PEAKS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
(1) Golapkangri (2) Eiger (3) Cerro Kisthwar (4) Chomochior (5) Kailash (6) Agyasol (7) Umasi (8) Kalidahar, Kishtwar (Spires) (9) Dandagoporum (10) Mardi Phabrang (11) Tupendu-I (12) Tupendu-II (13) Kishtwar Shivling (14) Tanak Peak (15) Barmal Peak
LIST OF PEAKS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
(1) Kullu Makalu (2) Kullu Pumori (3) Kullu Eiger (4) Dibibokri Pyramid (5) Fluted Peak (6) Hunnungma (7) Pyramid (8) Parbati South (9) Rubal Kang (10) Shigri Parbat (11) Snow Cone (12) Snow Dome (13) Shitidhar (14) Ashagiri (15) CB-17 (16) CB-18 (17) CB-19 (18) CB-48 (Tamoo) (19) CB-49 (Tilakalhar) (20) CB-50 (21) CB-52 (22) CB-53 (Sharmili) (23) CB-54 (24) CB-55 (Sharmili) (25) CB-57 (Tapugiri) (26) KR-1 (27) KR-2 (28) KR-3 (29) KR-4 (30) KR-5 (CB-7) (31) KR-6 (32) KR-7 (33) KR-8 (34) Lalana (35) M-1 (36) M-2 (37) M-3 (38) M-4 (Mulkila) (39) M-5 (40) M-6 (41) M-7 (Taragiri) (42) M-8 (43) M-9 (44) M-10 (45) Mulkila (M04) (46) T-1 (47) T-2