Eight-thousanders compared

Lhotse vs Annapurna I

Lhotse (8,516 m, world #4) and Annapurna I (8,091 m, world #10) compared side by side — height, first ascent and danger. Lhotse is 425 m taller.

	Lhotse	Annapurna I
Height	8,516 m	8,091 m
World rank	#4	#10
Range	Mahalangur Himal	Annapurna Himal
Location	Solukhumbu, Koshi	Kaski / Myagdi, Gandaki
Border	Nepal–China (Tibet) border	Entirely in Nepal
First ascent	18 May 1956	3 June 1950
First climbers	Fritz Luchsinger & Ernst Reiss (Switzerland)	Maurice Herzog & Louis Lachenal (France)
Standard route	Lhotse Face & Reiss Couloir — shares the Everest route to Camp 3	North Face (1950 French route); the immense South Face is one of alpinism's great test-pieces
Danger	≈1,089 summits and 22 deaths by ≈2022 — a fatality rate near 2-3%, modest by 8000er standards (Himalayan Database-derived compilations).	Long the deadliest 8,000er: historical fatality rates exceeded 30%; with the surge in guided ascents the summits-to-deaths ratio fell to ≈13–14% by early 2025 (559 summits / 75 deaths) — still the highest of the fourteen.

Lhotse

The world's fourth-highest peak, joined to Everest by the South Col. Its standard route follows Everest's to Camp 3, mak…

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Annapurna I

The first eight-thousander ever climbed — and statistically the most dangerous. Annapurna I crowns a 55 km massif holdin…

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Questions

Lhotse vs Annapurna I, answered

Is Lhotse taller than Annapurna I?+

Lhotse stands 8,516 m and Annapurna I 8,091 m, so Lhotse is 425 m taller. Lhotse is the world's 4th-highest mountain and Annapurna I the 10th.

Which was climbed first, Lhotse or Annapurna I?+

Lhotse was first summited on 18 May 1956; Annapurna I on 3 June 1950.

Which is more dangerous, Lhotse or Annapurna I?+

Lhotse: ≈1,089 summits and 22 deaths by ≈2022 — a fatality rate near 2-3%, modest by 8000er standards (Himalayan Database-derived compilations). Annapurna I: Long the deadliest 8,000er: historical fatality rates exceeded 30%; with the surge in guided ascents the summits-to-deaths ratio fell to ≈13–14% by early 2025 (559 summits / 75 deaths) — still the highest of the fourteen.

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Sources & data note

Heights follow the 2020 Nepal–China Everest survey and UIAA figures. Ascent and fatality statistics derive from the Himalayan Database (via Alan Arnette, 2026) and reported press figures; see each peak's profile for full sourcing.