Nepal is open for the autumn season, and glad you are coming.
Everest, Annapurna and Thorong La are open. Langtang treks stay paused while the Rasuwa road is rebuilt; Mustang and Manang roads are still being repaired.
Goodr OG Polarised
Category 3, polarised, non-slip frame
4.5 on Amazon (2,151 ratings)
Genuinely good optics at a price where losing them off a suspension bridge is annoying rather than expensive; the frames are plastic and they will not survive being sat on.
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Do not buy this if: Anything above the snowline. This is a low-altitude and spare-pair recommendation, nothing more.
Not every route needs it. These are the ones where our guides would put it on your list.
Everything else we recommend in sunglasses, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best overallJulbo Shield M
The one pair that works from Lukla to the Cho La — shields on for snow, off for the walk-in. You pay roughly double a normal sports sunglass for that flexibility.
Skip it ifA short trek that never touches snow. A decent Category 3 wraparound at a fifth of the price does that job.
