Experienced climbers will attempt the summit from the South-West ridge, a route that has never been attempted by an Indian team before, said Umesh Zirpe, a veteran mountaineer and a Shri Shiv Chhatrapati awardee.
The avalanche occurred at a height of 17,000 feet on Tuesday when a team of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) was returning after summiting Draupadi Ka Danda II peak.