Overview
- The avalanche swept through the Himlung base camp on Sunday and rescuers have recovered 15 bodies while one worker remains missing.
- Teams of experienced guides dug through more than four metres of snow to reach buried tents before suspending work because conditions remained dangerous.
- All those killed or missing were Nepali nationals preparing camps and routes for incoming foreign clients, and no foreign climbers were at the site when the avalanche struck.
- The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association said chances of finding the missing worker are slim and that any further recovery will depend on improved safety and weather.
- The disaster adds to a season of severe weather and recent deadly floods in Nepal and could worsen risks for high‑altitude workers and the country’s mountaineering-dependent economy.