Nepal’s climbing history goes back a long way starting with the early explorers from British India who were lured by lofty peaks and the challenges of climbing virgin peaks where no human had set foot before. By the 1960s Nepal’s trekking and mountaineering industry was well established with private companies providing all logistics including porters and guides for a full expedition that would spend months in the mountains.

Today there are many companies that will take care of every aspect of mountain climbing and all the mountaineer has to do is arrive in good shape physically and mentally, prepared to take on the challenge and not worry about equipment and supplies. Most of the Everest expeditions are handled by well-known and trusted private companies.

The government collected Rs 389.5 million in royalties from mountaineering expeditions in 2017, a growth of 27.61 percent compared to the earnings of 2016. The rise in royalty collection from mountaineering expeditions shows that the country’s tourism industry is indeed bouncing back on track after the devastating earthquakes of 2015.

The government has recently restructured Royalties of Mountain Climbing permits in Nepal. The changed royalty structure has been implemented since 1st of January 2015. The objectives of restructuring the royalty fees are in order to stimulate climbing tourism to make competitive with neighboring counties, to promote mountain climbing in remote locations, and to encourage mountaineering/climbing all year round.

1. Royalty for Foreign Climber per Person in American Dollar

S.N	Mountain	Spring Season	Autumn Season	Winter/ Summer
1.	Everest Normal Route	11000	5500	2750
2.	Everest Other Route	10000	5000	2500
3.	Others Mountain more than 8000 m.	1800	900	450
4.	7501m.-7999m.	600	300	150
5.	7000m. – 7500m.	500	250	125
6.	6501m – 6999m.	400	200	100
7.	Mt. Amadablam (6812M)	400	400	200
8.	Less than 6500	250	125	70

2. Royalty for Nepalese Climber per Person in Rupees

S.N.	Mountain	Spring Season	Autumn Season	Winter/ Summer
1.	Everest Normal Route	75000	37500	18250
2.	Everest Other Route	60000	30000	15000
3.	Others Mountain more than 8000 m.	10000	5000	2500
4.	7501m.-7999m.	8000	4000	2000
5.	7000m. – 7500m.	6000	3000	1500
6.	6501m – 6999m.	5000	2500	1250
7.	Mt. Amadablam (6812M)	8000	8000	4000
8.	Less than 6500	4000	2000	1000

The Mountaineering Royalty has been totally waived to those mountains situated on mid western and Far western development region of Nepal for 2070/04/01-2075/03/32 (16 July 2013 to 15 July 2018)

• Royalty of foreign climbers will effect from 01Jan. , 2015
• Royalty for Nepali climbers will effect 2070.11.1

Amount to be deposited for Garbage Management

The Mountaineering expedition team shall deposit the following amount as for the garbage management :

(a) For the following mountains of the Khumbu and Annapurna Himalayan range –

For the Mount Everest	Four thousand U.S. Dollar or equivalent to that in Nepalese rupees.
For the other mountain having the height of above 8001 meter except Mount Everest	Three thousand U.S. Dollar or equivalent to that in Nepalese rupees
For the mountain having the height of 7001  to 8000 meter and Amadablam mountain	Two thousand U.S. Dollar or equivalent to that in Nepalese rupees
For the mountain having the height of 6501 to 7000 meter	One thousand U.S. Dollar or equivalent to that in Nepalese rupees
For the mountain having the height of less than 6500 meter	Five hundred U.S. Dollar or equivalent to that in Nepalese rupees

(b) For the following mountains of the other Himalayan range other than expressed in clause (a).

For the other mountain having the height of more than  8000 meter	Three thousand U.S. Dollars or equivalent to that in Nepalese rupees
For the mountain having the height of less than  8000 meter	Five hundred U.S. Dollars or equivalent to that in Nepalese rupees.

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