Mountaineering is as the back-bone of Nepal’s tourism industry, the Government of Nepal has made following decisions in a bid to make mountaineering royalty fee competitive among the neighboring countries, promote mountains lying in remote and less privileged areas, and create environment to transform the seasonal mountaineering business operational round the year and materialize the concept of ‘Nepal for all Seasons’.
Provide discount of 50% in winter and Summer Season and 75% in Autumn Season keeping intact the Royalty Fee in Spring Season.
Increase the number of climbing member in an expedition from 12 to 15.
Provide 100% discount on Royalty Fee for mountains located in mid and Far Western Development Regions for 5 years.
Implement Incremental Royalty Break-down System (IRDS), a system under which permit fee increases with the increase in number of climbing members, on all mountains instead of lump sum per expedition having climbing members seven or less than that.
Other Rules:
Route plan change fee on Everest is U$10,000 unless the change is to South West Ridge route, which attracts U$20,000 fee.
For peaks other than Mt. Everest, the team will have to pay an additional 25% of the royalty in US$ to change the ascent route.
Peaks below 6500m do not require Liaison Officer anymore.
Royalty fee as per Annex-4 (Rule 4, Sub-rule 1)
Annex-4
(Related to Rule 4, Sub-Rule 1)
Name of Mountain: Everest (8,848m)
Climbing Route: South East Ridge (Normal Route)
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 25,000 US$ 12,500 US$6,250
2 Person: US$ 40,000 US$ 20,000 US$ 10,000
3 Person: US$ 48,000 US$ 24,000 US$ 12,000
4 Person: US$ 56,000 US$ 28,000 US$ 14,000
5 Person: US$ 60,000 US$ 30,000 US$ 15,000
6 Person: US$ 66,000 US$ 33,000 US$ 16,500
7 Person: US$ 70,000 US$ 35,000 US$ 17,500
8 or more Per Person US$ 10,000 US$ 5,000 US$ 2500
Note: (One Expedition has 15 members in maximum)
Name of Mountain: Everest (8,848m)
Climbing Route: All Routes Except South East Ridge (Normal Route)
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 15,000 US$ 7,500 US$3,750
2 Person: US$ 21,000 US$ 10,500 US$ 5,250
3 Person: US$ 27,000 US$ 13,500 US$ 6,750
4 Person: US$ 33,000 US$ 16,500 US$ 8,250
5 Person: US$ 39,000 US$ 19,500 US$ 9,750
6 Person: US$ 45,000 US$ 22,500 US$ 11,250
7 Person: US$ 50,000 US$ 25,000 US$ 12,500
8 or more Per Person US$ 10,000 US$ 5,000 US$ 2500
Note: ( One Expedition has 15 members in maximum)
Height of Mountain: All Mountain Above 8,000 m (Except Mount Everest)
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 5,000 US$ 2,500 US$1,250
2 Person: US$ 6,000 US$ 3,000 US$ 1,500
3 Person: US$ 7,000 US$ 3,500 US$ 1,750
4 Person: US$ 8,000 US$ 4,000 US$ 2,000
5 Person: US$ 8,500 US$ 42,50 US$ 2,125
6 Person: US$ 9,000 US$ 4,500 US$ 2,250
7 Person: US$ 10,000 US$ 5,000 US$ 2,500
8 or more Per Person US$ 15,00 US$ 1,000 US$ 500
Note: ( One Expedition has 15 members in maximum)
Height of Mountain: All Mountain Above 7,501 m to 7999 m
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 2,000 US$ 1,000 US$500
2 Person: US$ 2,400 US$ 1,200 US$ 600
3 Person: US$ 2,800 US$ 1,400 US$ 700
4 Person: US$ 3,200 US$ 1,600 US$ 800
5 Person: US$ 3,600 US$ 1,800 US$ 900
6 Person: US$ 3,800 US$ 1,900 US$ 950
7 Person: US$ 4,000 US$ 2,000 US$ 1,000
8 or more Per Person US$ 500 US$ 400 US$ 200
Note: ( One Expedition has 15 members in maximum)
Height of Mountain: All Mountain Above 7,000 m to 7,500 m
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 1,500 US$ 750 US$375
2 Person: US$ 1,800 US$ 900 US$ 450
3 Person: US$ 2,100 US$ 1,050 US$ 525
4 Person: US$ 2,400 US$ 1,200 US$ 600
5 Person: US$ 2,600 US$ 1,300 US$ 650
6 Person: US$ 2,800 US$ 1,400 US$ 700
7 Person: US$ 3,000 US$ 1,500 US$ 750
8 or more Per Person US$ 400 US$ 250 US$ 150
Note: ( One Expedition has 15 members in maximum)
Height of Mountain: All Mountain Above 6501 to 6999 m (Except Ama Dablam)
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 1,000 US$ 500 US$250
2 Person: US$ 1,200 US$ 600 US$ 300
3 Person: US$ 1,400 US$ 700 US$ 350
4 Person: US$ 1,600 US$ 800 US$ 400
5 Person: US$ 1,800 US$ 900 US$ 450
6 Person: US$ 1,900 US$ 950 US$ 475
7 Person: US$ 2,000 US$ 1,000 US$ 5000
8 or more Per Person US$ 300 US$ 200 US$ 100
Note: ( One Expedition has 15 members in maximum)
Name of Mountain: Ama Dablam any rute(6812m)
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 1,000 US$ 1,000 US$ 500
2 Person: US$ 1,200 US$ 1,200 US$ 600
3 Person: US$ 1,400 US$ 1,400 US$ 700
4 Person: US$ 1,600 US$ 1,600 US$ 800
5 Person: US$ 1,800 US$ 1,800 US$ 900
6 Person: US$ 1,900 US$ 1,900 US$ 950
7 Person: US$ 2,000 US$ 2,000 US$ 1,000
8 or more Per Person US$ 300 US$ 300 US$ 200
Note: ( One Expedition has 15 members in maximum)
Height of Mountain: All Mountain below 6500m
Number Of Person Spring Season Autumn Season Winter/Summer Season
1 Person: US$ 400 US$ 200 US$ 100
2 Person: US$ 500 US$ 250 US$ 125
3 Person: US$ 600 US$ 300 US$ 150
4 Person: US$ 700 US$ 350 US$ 175
5 Person: US$ 800 US$ 400 US$ 20
6 Person: US$ 900 US$ 450 US$ 225
7 Person: US$ 1,000 US$ 500 US$ 250
8 or more Per Person US$ 200 US$ 100 US$ 50
