. Spring is the season of mountain climbing, i.e. the time to climb mountains for domestic and foreign climbers. Some new climbers are preparing to climb the mountain, while some are eager to break the records they have set in the past or other climbers.

The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) provides permission to climb mountains above 6,500 meters while the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) provides permission to climb 27 mountains between the height of 5,800 and 6,500 meters.

This time, only 85 people are climbing Mt Everest from Seven Summit Treks. According to its proprietor Mingma Sherpa, 464 mountaineers have taken permission to climb Mt Everest and 85 are from Seven Summits. Seven Summits has been providing climbers of different countries to climb Mt Everest for a long time. Apart from this, Elite Expedition, Tag Nepal, Imagine Nepal Expedition, Himalayan Guide Expedition, Eight K Expedition have been providing climbing to Mt Everest for foreign climbers.

Nepal, a country rich in natural resources, is home to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. Out of the 14 mountains above 8,000 meters in the world, only eight are in Nepal. Every year, thousands of climbers come to Nepal to climb the mountain. A total of 1,072 climbers have taken permission to climb mountains in the spring season of this year.

According to the Department of Tourism, a total of 1,072 climbers from 79 countries have taken permission to climb different mountains since March 1, 2026. Of them, 811 are male and 261 female. According to the Department, the number of mountaineering permits could be increased further. A total of 1,140 climbers had taken permission to climb Mt Everest in the spring season last year. Nepal had collected Rs 794.7 million in revenue from the expedition. Similarly, in 2024, 991 mountaineers had taken permission to climb mountains.

Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) general secretary Rajendra Lama said the foreign mountaineers have been attracted to mountaineering in Nepal after the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, the foreign climbers are eager to climb 27 mountains with an altitude of 5,800 to 6,500 which is permitted by the NMA.

According to Lama, the association has issued 2,204 permits from July 2024 to July 2025. NMA has collected around Rs 160 million in revenue from the project. Similarly, permits have been issued to 2,025 people since July 2025. NMA has collected more than Rs 20

0 million in revenue from the issuance of the permit.

This year, the highest number of permits for the spring season have come for the highest peak Mount Everest. A total of 464 climbers of 55 countries have taken permission to climb Mt Everest alone, Department of Tourism Director Nisha Thapa Raut said. Of them, 364 men and 100 women have taken permission to climb Mt Everest.

The highest number of mountaineers taking permission to climb various mountains are Chinese climbers. Director Raut said that 139 climbers have taken permission from China alone. Besides, 132 people have taken permission from the US, five from India, 72 from the UK, 69 from Germany, six from Russia, 39 from Canada, 35 from Japan, 26 from France, 24 from Australia and 23 from Ukraine. Likewise, 31 people have taken permission from Poland, 17 from Nepal, 13 from Argentina, 14 from Ireland, 17 from Czech Republic, 10 from Ecuador and nine from Brazil.

The government has given permission to climb 29 different mountains including the highest peak Mt Everest. According to Director Raut, 464 people have received permission for Sagarmatha, 111 for Lhotse, 104 for Ama Dablam, 4 for Annapurna 4, 30 for Dhaulagiri, 18 for Saribunga, 27 for Annapurna-1, 14 for Thorang Peak, 72 for Makalu, 52 for Naptse, 46 for Himlung Himal, 36 for Kanchenjunga and 12 for Barun Mountain.

Although Nepal’s tourism sector has been affected due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia in recent period, there has been enthusiastic participation in mountaineering activities. The Department has collected Rs 1.17 billion revenue from mountaineers this year. The Department has collected the highest amount of revenue of Rs 1 billion 128 lakh 23 thousand 925 from Sagarmatha.

Similarly, Lhotse collected Rs 497,71,650, Makalu Rs 317,85,800, Aam Dablam Rs 15.545 million, Dhaulagiri-1 Rs 13.45 million, Annapurna-1 Rs 12 million 49 thousand 175 and Kanchenjunga Rs 16 million 81 thousand 650.

Climbers have started heading towards their destinations for climbing different mountains. Some climbers have already reached the Everest Base Camp. The rope is currently being hung for climbing Mt Everest. The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) has been working to make the Everest climbing easier and the rope from the base camp to Camp II. Chief Executive Officer of the committee Tshering Sherpa said that the construction of the road from Everest Base Camp to Icefall to Camp II has been completed.

Similarly, the Mountaineering Operators Association of Nepal has been carrying out the task of hanging rope from Camp II to Mt Everest. Association Nepal Chair Dambar Parajuli said that the task of hanging rope up to Camp-3 has been completed. “We are facing problems in hanging rope from Camp III to Mt Everest due to weather,” Parajuli said.

Parajuli said that the rope would be hung up to the Mt Everest in the next four to five days if the weather permits favourable. According to him, the construction of the road and fixing rope for Mt Everest has been delayed this year as compared to last year due to weather condition. Parajuli said that the work of hanging rope from Camp-4 to Mt Everest is still to be done.

The Nepal Himalayan Rescue Association has mobilized a team of doctors at the Everest Base Camp and Pheriche for health check-up of the mountaineers and the trekkers. Chief Executive Officer of Himalayan Rescue Association, Govinda Basyal, said that trained teams of doctors and health workers have been mobilized in the Mt Everest region for health check-up of the climbers and their helpers.

Australian doctor Samantha Allison Wills, Nepali doctor Pince Singh and assistant Lakpa Norbu Sherpa were mobilized at the Everest Base Camp for the health check-up of the climbers. Similarly, Australian doctor Rebecca Ellen Carpenter, American doctor Caitlin Brooke Harper, Nepali doctor Aakriti Singh and Ang Dawa Sherpa and Thaneshwor Bhandari have been deputed in the health post.

The successful ascent of the world’s highest peak Mount Everest began on May 29, 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal were the first to climb Mt Everest. The day they set foot on the top of the Mt Everest for the first time is celebrated as Sagarmatha Day.