This week, The Himalayan Database has updated its list of spring 2025 summits in Nepal. We examine the current trends.

Friday convened key government representatives, local authorities, development partners, and community organizations at the ...

While would-be Everest climbers brace for a major price hike for permits next month, the government of Nepal has decided to waive climbing fees for 97 of the nation’s most remote, rugged mountain ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world's highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day.

Unpacking the Local Impact of China’s Mega-Projects on Kyrgyzstan’s Regions Nepal’s UNESCO-listed Sagarmatha National Park, which includes the Everest region, has banned leisure helicopter rides in ...

Six people are dead after a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed near Nepal’s Mount Everest. Nepalese authorities said the helicopter crashed in the Lamajura area on Tuesday, and rescuers have ...

How tall is Mount Everest? It varies with seismic activity and climate change. China and Nepal have remeasured the world's tallest mountain, and will announce their findings. You may think you know ...

Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, was moved 3 centimeters (about 1.2 inches) southwest by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated Nepal in April, Chinese authorities say. But the April 25 ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Climbing to the top of Mt. Everest just got a little bit harder. China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for the mountain Tuesday, ending a disagreement between the ...

The world’s tallest mountain may have shrunk following the 2015 Nepal earthquake. That’s what a group of Indian scientists want to check, after satellite data suggested Everest may have reduced in ...