Durpata is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. It is situated in the Kamet range. The elevation of Durpata is and its prominence is . It is 93rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 3.8 km east of Gauri Parbat its nearest higher neighbor. Hathi Parbat lies 4.8 km SW and it is 5.1 km SSE of Rataban . It lies 11.7 km SSE of Nilgiri Parbat . Climbing history It was first climbed by Andre Roch and Sherpa Gombu in 1939 during a Swiss climbing party. On 16th August they climbed a glacier and followed a ridge on the south-east slope between two summits. they found a large partially frozen tarn at 21,000 feet Mounting some couloirs they soon attained a snowy ridge to the top. They descended after building a small cairn and back in camp in 2 hours. Neighboring and subsidiary peaks Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Durpata: Gauri Parbat Rataban Nilgiri Parbat Hathi Parbat Glaciers and rivers It was surrounded by Ratabon Glacier on the northern side and Kosa Glacier on the southern side. Both the glacier merge them self and drains down to Dhauliganga River near Malari. Later Dhauli ganga met with Alaknanda at Vishnuprayag. Alaknanda River is one of the main tributaries of river Ganga that later joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Devprayag and became Ganga there after. See also List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand References Mountains of Uttarakhand Six-thousanders of the Himalayas Geography of Chamoli district