The dark triangle of its rocky East face rises over the moraines of Khumbu Glacier to a spectacular skyline, forming the south ridge. Lobuche has two summits, East (6,119 m) and West (6,145m), connected by a continuous ridge. There is still a sharp gap and a considerable distance between them meaning they are rarely climbed together.

Many aspiring Everest teams climb Lobuche for acclimatization as the summit is the same altitude as camp 1 and it saves making at least one dangerous trip through the Khumbu icefall.

From the high camp the route continues up a series of rocky slabs of increasing steepness to give access to the South-East ridge proper. About 50 m from the main ridge the slabs end and there is a 45 degree snow slope to ascend onto the ridge itself. The Lobuche is a more technical climb then more popular trekking peaks, like, Mera peak, Island Peak and other.