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What is happening in Nepal and the Himalaya, and what it means for your trek.

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Safety, weather, rules and mountaineering news from Nepal and the wider Himalaya, explained by our Kathmandu team.

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Yeti Airlines Flight 691 Crashes on Approach to Pokhara, Killing 72

Yeti Airlines Flight 691 Crashes on Approach to Pokhara, Killing 72

Pokhara International Airport Opens

Pokhara International Airport Opens

Tara Air Flight to Jomsom Crashes in Mustang, Killing 22

Tara Air Flight to Jomsom Crashes in Mustang, Killing 22

Gautam Buddha International Airport Opens near Lumbini

Gautam Buddha International Airport Opens near Lumbini

Flash Flood Devastates Melamchi Bazaar and Helambu

Flash Flood Devastates Melamchi Bazaar and Helambu

Rebuilt Dharahara Tower Inaugurated Six Years after Earthquake

Rebuilt Dharahara Tower Inaugurated Six Years after Earthquake

All-Nepali Team Makes First Winter Ascent of K2

All-Nepali Team Makes First Winter Ascent of K2

Nepal and China Announce New Height of Everest: 8,848.86 m

Nepal and China Announce New Height of Everest: 8,848.86 m

Nepal Suspends Everest and All Spring Expeditions over Coronavirus

Nepal Suspends Everest and All Spring Expeditions over Coronavirus

Nepal Launches Visit Nepal 2020, Aiming for Two Million Tourists

Nepal Launches Visit Nepal 2020, Aiming for Two Million Tourists

Nirmal Purja Climbs All 14 Eight-Thousanders in a Record 189 Days

Nirmal Purja Climbs All 14 Eight-Thousanders in a Record 189 Days

Photo of Everest "Traffic Jam" Shocks the World as Deaths Rise

Photo of Everest "Traffic Jam" Shocks the World as Deaths Rise

Helicopter Crash near Pathibhara Kills Nepal's Tourism Minister and Six Others

Helicopter Crash near Pathibhara Kills Nepal's Tourism Minister and Six Others

US-Bangla Airlines Flight Crashes on Landing at Kathmandu, Killing 51

US-Bangla Airlines Flight Crashes on Landing at Kathmandu, Killing 51

Swiss Climber Ueli Steck Dies While Acclimatising near Everest

Swiss Climber Ueli Steck Dies While Acclimatising near Everest

Nine Sherpas Reach Everest Summit, First from Nepal in Two Years

Nine Sherpas Reach Everest Summit, First from Nepal in Two Years

Tara Air Twin Otter Crashes on Pokhara–Jomsom Route, Killing 23

Tara Air Twin Otter Crashes on Pokhara–Jomsom Route, Killing 23

Magnitude 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake Devastates Nepal

Magnitude 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake Devastates Nepal

Blizzard on the Annapurna Circuit Kills 43, Nepal's Worst Trekking Disaster

Blizzard on the Annapurna Circuit Kills 43, Nepal's Worst Trekking Disaster

Jure Landslide Buries Village and Dams the Sunkoshi River

Jure Landslide Buries Village and Dams the Sunkoshi River