Between the Trisuli and the Sun Kosi, north of Kathmandu, lies a cluster of peaks which has been divided into two himals, Lang tang and Jugal. These two ranges actually share a common ridge: unlike other himals of Nepal, which are characteristically separated by rivers, no river cuts through these two ranges. So it seems quite difficult to justify their division into two separate ranges, and yet they have always been presented as such.
Even with the division, some authorities like to include Shisha Pangma and Phola Gangchen, which jut out north into Tibet from the main ridge of Langtang Himal, in the Jugal. Others maintain that Jugal is the half-arc that starts in the west from Tilman's Pass, and culminates in the easterly peak of Phurbi Chyachu (6637m). Perhaps this last grouping is more comet. All the glaciers descending from the southern spurs of this half-arc empty into one river, the Balephi Khola, and this certainly adds weight to the suggestion.
Jugal Himal is the range that is closest to Kathmandu Valley, and its peaks are seen clearly and conspicuously from Patan, and even more so from Bhaktapur. But nobody, Nepali or expatriate, feels attached to this impressive collection of assorted mountains. While climbers are probably disinterested because Jugal provides no sponsorship-grabbing 'eight thousanders', the reason for the apathy of Nepalis — and especially the Valley dwellers— to Jugal is unclear. Since ancient times, the Newar traders of Kathmandu have been travelling astride this range on their way to Lhasa and back, but they do not even have a name for Jugal, let alone for the individual peaks in this range.
Jugal derives its name, meaning "The Twins" in Nepali, from the prominent twin peaks of Dorje Lakpa. Dorje Lakpa I (6989m), the higher of the twins, is an almost perfect pyramid, and Dorje Lakpa II (6517m), which stands south of the main ridge of Jugal, is a fierce ice-hung tooth. From Dorje Lakpa's southwest side descends the Lingshing Glacier, and from its eastern side, the Doric Lakpa Glacier. Both are about seven kilometres long.