Can I touch Mount Kailash?

Can I touch Mount Kailash?
The standard pilgrimage does not involve touching or climbing Mount Kailash. The Diraphuk, after 1st day of the Kailash Parikrama walk north face of Kailash and is the closest we can get.  There is a walk called the Kailash Charan Sparsa walk.

Access to the Kailash Charan Sparsa walk – touching of Kailash is subject to local rules and restrictions by the Chinese police and Military.
Kailash Charan Sparsh, the walk from Dirapuk toward the North Face to physically reach/touch the base of Mount Kailash, is currently not permitted. The local Chinese authorities have closed the Charan Sparsh walk route, while the normal Outer Kora remains permitted.
So walking up to Dirapuk or a bit further toward the North Face is possible; pilgrims can approach for a limited distance, but must stop at the designated boundary.

Although we at Earthbound Expeditions have personally walked, or taken some people in the last couple of years, to this Charan Sparsa walk in the year 2026, the horse year in the Tibetan calendar, they closed the Charan Sparsa walk.

We can add one day at Diraphuk North Face and try to walk towards the base of Kailash to touch it, subject to local rules and restrictions by the Chinese police and Military. If they don’t give permission we can’t go.