Spring mountaineering season begins, permits issued for climbers The Department of Tourism has started issuing permits for the spring mountaineering season. Nepal 2d ago
Drones to clean Everest and minimise casualties With the 2025 climbing season set to start soon, preparations are in full swing to smoothly manage expeditions on various mountains, including Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak. Environment 20 Mar, 2025
8K team sets to fix summit routes on Everest, Lhotse this spring With the start of the spring climbing season, preparations are in full swing to smoothly manage expeditions on various mountains, including Mt. Everest, the world’s highest peak. Nepal 18 Mar, 2025
Icefall doctors leave for base camp to fix Everest climbing route With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up to Camp II in the world’s highest peak. Nepal 09 Mar, 2025
SPCC team meets Nepal's envoy, takes part in cleaning, training events in South Korea High-level officials and icefall doctors of the Sagarmatha pollution Control Committee, who are currently in South Korea for an official visit, have taken part in different activities there. Nepal 09 Feb, 2025
Minister Tamang honours rope-fixing climbers, warns stern action for circulating disinformation about Everest climbing The rope-fixing climbers responsible for opening and fixing the climbing route from the Base Camp to the summit point of Mt Everest this year have been honored amidst a function in Kathmandu this afternoon. Nepal 28 Jun, 2024
SPCC vice chair, CEO scale Everest A team of climbers from the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee today scaled the world’s highest peak, said base camp officials. Nepal 22 May, 2024
Rope fixing climbers, icefall doctors honored for route fixing on Mt. Everest The icefall doctors and rope fixing climbers responsible for opening and fixing the climbing route from the Base Camp to the summit point of Mt Everest this year has been honored by the Department of Tourism at the Everest Base Camp today. Nepal 12 May, 2024
Summit route opens from Nepal side, 10 ascend Everest According to the Department of Tourism, at least 414 climbers from 41 teams have obtained climbing permits for Mt Everest till date. Nepal 10 May, 2024
Everest rope-fixing team reaches South Col, to open summit route by May 10 A team of climbers from Seven Summit Treks reached South Col opening a route from Camp II to Camp IV this afternoon. Nepal 28 Apr, 2024
Icefall doctors finally open Everest route, reach above Camp I As the world mountaineers head to the Mt Everest region for acclimatisation, the icefall doctors today opened a climbing route from the Base Camp to Camp I by placing ropes and ladders on the treacherous section of the Khumbu icefall. Nepal 17 Apr, 2024
Season's first Everest permit issued; Icefall doctors fixing route below Camp I The Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation today issued the season's first climbing permit to attempt to scale the world's highest peak in the spring season. Nepal 25 Mar, 2024
