Overview
- Locals and rescue teams discovered the five bodies on Thursday after snow melted above the base camp on Yalung Ri, local officials said.
- The victims were identified as a German, an Italian, an Italo‑Canadian and two Nepali climbers who went missing when an avalanche buried their roughly 5,000‑metre camp.
- Army, police and mountain rescue teams had carried out repeated searches since November 2025 but the victims remained buried under thick snow until the recent melt.
- A helicopter that flew to the area on Friday could not reach the site because of weather and terrain, and authorities plan to airlift the remains once conditions improve.
- The discovery highlights the persistent avalanche risk on Nepal’s peaks, where the Himalayan Database records more than 1,000 deaths since 1950 with nearly one‑third caused by avalanches.