Friendship Peak presents an excellent chance to elevate your trekking skills and experience in the realm of mountaineering.

This lofty peak challenges your stamina and familiarizes you with essential mountaineering skills like ascending with snow boots, using crampons and ice axes, ensuring personal safety equipment, and handling ropes.

Even for a seasoned climber, this is an enjoyable climb with excellent accessibility, stunning views of the nearby towering mountains, and the excitement of summiting a snowy peak.

Situated in the Solang valley close to Manali in Himachal Pradesh, this journey leads you through the valley, along the Beas river, all the way to the base of Hanuman Tibba, where the Dhauladar and Pir Panjal mountain ranges converge, giving you your first views of Friendship peak up close.

*Hanuman Tibba is located in the Dhauladar range, while Friendship Peak is found in the Pir Panjal range.

The approach is easy as you make your way through green slopes up till the Lady Leg camp where onwards, the tree line vanishes as it is all alpine zone with moraine and snow and ice.

The climb is a different grade altogether during the winter season when not just the mountain but even the approach march is packed with heavy snow.

One can observe and explore elements such as moraines, glaciers, and crevasses on the mountain as you get to navigate through it personally on the climb.

From the 2nd camp onward, one can see large peaks like Deo Tibba and Indrasan, along with nearby summits such as Shitidhar, Ladakhi, Shikhar beh, and Priyadarshni.

There's also mobile connectivity on the shoulder and summit of this mountain, offering a bird's-eye view of Manali town and allowing you to contact your loved ones of your successful climb.