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China quietly shut the north (Tibet) side of Everest for 2026, funnelling the entire season onto Nepal's south side. Here's what the closure means —…
By Laxman Rawal · Jun 10, 2026
One of the biggest stories of the 2026 Everest season was about a route nobody climbed. China quietly closed the north (Tibet) side of Everest for the spring season, issuing no permits at all — which funnelled the entire world's climbers onto Nepal's south…
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The China Tibet Mountaineering Association never opened its application process for spring 2026 and issued no north-side permits — a de facto closure it did not formally explain. The shutdown extended to the other big Tibetan peaks, Cho Oyu and Shishapangma…
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With Tibet closed, expeditions that might have climbed from the north pivoted to Nepal — pouring into a south side that was already heading for records. Nepal issued around 495 permits, each now priced at USD 15,000 after the first fee rise in a decade, and…
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