Ronti
mountain in Garhwal Himalaya
Ronti is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. It is situated on the western rim of Nanda Devi Sanctuary. The elevation of Ronti is 6,029 metres (19,780 ft) and its prominence is 435 metres (1,427 ft). It is 164th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 2.4 km North of Nanda Ghunti 6,272 metres (20,577 ft) its nearest higher neighbor. Bethartoli 6,352 metres (20,840 ft) lies 6.6 km ENE and it is 8.4 km NNW of Trisul I 7,120 metres (23,360 ft). It lies 24.2 km west of Nanda Devi 7,816 metres (25,643 ft).
Climbing history
The first known attempt on Ronti was made by P.L.Wood's team in 1945 during their attempt on Nanda Ghunti.
The known first ascent of Ronti was made by Peter Aufschnaiter and George Hampson on June 5, 1955.
“Ronti” enters the record as mountain in Garhwal Himalaya. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ronti, mountain and Garhwal can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Ronti” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Ronti, mountain and Garhwal provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2166121. Authority coordinates are 30.369, 79.719. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945 and 1955.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ronti” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.