Trip tools · altitude planner
Is the climb paced well
Add your overnight stops in order. We draw the sleeping-altitude profile and flag any night that sleeps more than 500 m higher than the night before, once you are above 3,000 m.
Common mountain-medicine advice: above 3,000 m, raise your sleeping altitude by no more than 300 to 500 m a day, and take a rest night every three to four days. Day trips higher are fine if you come down to sleep. This tool is a planning aid, not medical advice.
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Altitudes are for the village or town where you sleep, rounded. This planner applies a rule of thumb and is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor before any trip above 3,000 m, especially with heart or lung conditions, in pregnancy or with young children.
How to read the flags
Red nights, amber nights
- Red: you sleep above 3,000 m and more than 500 m higher than the night before. Add a night in between, or a rest night lower down first.
- Amber: a third night in a row of climbing above 3,000 m with no rest night. Consider a night at the same height.
- Flying straight to a high airport, such as Leh at about 3,500 m, will always show red on the first night. Plan two full days of rest before going higher.
Questions
Altitude, answered
How fast can we gain altitude?
Common mountain-medicine advice is that above 3,000 m you should not raise your sleeping altitude by more than 300 to 500 m a day, and take a rest day every 3 to 4 days. Day trips higher are fine if you come back down to sleep. This planner follows that rule; it is not medical advice.
What are the signs of altitude sickness?
Headache with any of nausea, tiredness, dizziness or poor sleep after arriving high. Mild symptoms usually settle with rest at the same height. Symptoms that get worse, breathlessness at rest or confusion mean descend at once and get medical help.
Should we take medicine for altitude?
Only on your doctor's advice. Some doctors prescribe acetazolamide for fast ascents, such as flying into Leh. We plan rest days so you depend on medicine as little as possible.