Overview

• Authorities said roughly 580 trekkers and about 300 local guides and workers were brought down safely after a multi‑day operation.
• Rescuers provided food, medicine, heating and oxygen, using horses, drones and local villagers to reach groups scattered in Karma Valley.
• Dozens of evacuees were treated for hypothermia after prolonged exposure at elevations above 16,000 feet, according to state outlets.
• The blizzard struck during China's Golden Week holiday, catching large numbers of visitors who had hiked in to view Everest's eastern face.
• In a separate incident in the Qilian Mountains, one person died as 251 trekkers were rescued, and Xinjiang authorities suspended hiking and turned back hundreds.