Nepal

Sagarmatha National Park

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3.0

  • David Marton
  • Thomas van der Walt

3.5

  • Szucs Tamas

4.0

  • Clyde
  • Dennis Nicklaus
  • Francky D'Hoop
  • George Gdanski
  • Jasonfd247
  • Jeanne OGrady
  • Shandos Cleaver
  • Stanislaw Warwas
  • Zoë Sheng

4.5

  • Ammon Watkins
  • Els Slots
  • MaxHeAnouBen

5.0

  • awestix
  • Kurt Lauer
  • M.HATADA
  • Mstrebl1990
  • PabloNorte
  • rivr
  • sncjob
  • Solivagant

Sagarmatha National Park covers a dramatic mountain landscape that holds the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest at 8,848 m.

Geologically, it is a young area covered with high peaks, deep valleys and glaciers. The park holds flora and fauna specific to this altitude, including the snow leopard and red panda. The Dudh Kosi River originates here, while Gokyo Valley (a RAMSAR site) has a number of lakes.

Community Perspective: No one here has described a visit to the summit yet, but Solivagant got closest after reaching Everest Base Camp on foot in 1976. Els did a multi-day hike in the park from Lukla with good views of Everest, Ama Dablam, Lhotse and other 7000-ers, while Clyde went on a 1hr Mt. Everest sightseeing flight.

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Official Information
Full Name
Sagarmatha National Park (ID: 120)
Country
Nepal
Status
Inscribed 1979 Site history
History of Sagarmatha National Park
1979: Inscribed
Inscribed
WHS Type
Natural
Criteria
  • vii
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Related Resources
News Article
  • Dec. 21, 2024 explorersweb.com — Will Flights Around Everest be Banned in 2025?
  • Jan. 29, 2023 sci.news — Pallas’s Cats Inhabit Mount Everest Region, New Study Shows
  • July 1, 2019 news.sky.com — Everest facing mountain of rubbish as climbers leave waste behind
  • May 22, 2017 theguardian.com — Mount Everest's Hillary Step has collapsed
  • Jan. 27, 2017 news.com.au — Doubt over Everest’s true height spurs fresh expedition
  • May 7, 2015 livescience.com — Mount Everest Shrank As Nepal Quake Lifted Kathmandu
  • April 26, 2015 theguardian.com — Everest rescuers battle snow to fly out those injured in avalanche, as death toll rose to 17

Community Information

  • Community Category
  • Natural landscape: Mountain
Travel Information
High entrance fees
High entrance fees
The Sagarmartha Park costs around US$20 to enter and has been made trekking "permit …
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Geography
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Ecology
  • Snow leopard
  • Bears
    Himalayan black bear (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Notable Extremophiles
    ... the Himalayan jumping spider, is a small jumping spider that lives at elevations of up to 6,700 m (22,000 ft) in the Himalayas, including Mount Everest, making it a candidate for the highest known permanent resident on Earth (wiki)

    See en.wikipedia.org

World Heritage Process
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Human Activity
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Timeline
  • Eocene
    Der Mount Everest ist, wie der gesamte Himalaya, während der alpidischen Gebirgsbildung entstanden. Die Konvergenz der indischen Platte und der eurasischen Platte führte zur Schliessung der Tethys mit Beginn vor etwa 50 Millionen Jahren im Eozän und in Folge zur Kollision der Kontinente Indien und Asien. (Wiki)
Visiting conditions
  • Foreigner prices
    INR 1500 for SAARC nationals, INR 3000 for foreigners (ca. 22 USD) and INR 25 for locals of Nepal.

    See www.nepaltrekkinginhimalaya.com

  • High entrance fees
    The Sagarmartha Park costs around US$20 to enter and has been made trekking "permit free" BUT permits to climb Everest cost for a solo expedition US $ 25,000, a two - member team US $ 40,000. a three - member US $ 48,000; a four - member team US $ 56,000; a team of five climbers for US $ 60,000; a six member team will be charged US $ 66,000
  • No road access
    On foot
WHS Names
  • Named after a Mountain
    Sagarmatha 8848m
  • Name changes
    The "quiet" dropping of the "colonial" part of the name - "Sagamatha" was called "Sagamatha - Mt Everest" in the nomination documents. It isn't clear exactly when/why this difference occurred but the shorter title was already used in the 1979 WHC minutes recording the inscription.
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News
explorersweb.com 12/21/2024
Will Flights Around Everest be Ban…
sci.news 01/29/2023
Pallas’s Cats Inhabit Mount Everes…
news.sky.com 07/01/2019
Everest facing mountain of rubbish…

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First published: 08/04/13.

Clyde

Sagarmatha National Park

Sagarmatha National Park (Inscribed)

Sagarmatha National Park by Clyde

Few are those who have the will, fitness and stamina of climbing to the summit of Mt. Everest. Most will be happy to reach the Everest base camp but it has become quite touristy a trek and unless you're a mountaineering fan, 2-3 weeks might seem too much to spend to simply reach the base of Mt Everest. Since my main focus in Nepal was not mountaineering and I did not want to spend 2-3 weeks trekking, I opted for the Mt. Everest flight on a clear early morning to see the first rays hit the peaks of the Himalayas and Mt Everest or Sagarmatha. The trip was 1 hour long and since the flight was not full I had several opportunities to visit the cockpit for a panoramic view. All passengers have a window seat and the air hostess indicates the different names of the peaks you pass by. I travelled with Buddha Air who are known to be the best in terms of safety. Only worth it on a clear day with no cloud cover. It is surely the best flight I've ever made and you get much closer to the Everest than when you are landing in Kathmandu on your international flight. If you're a mountain fan by all means go for the Everest base camp, otherwise this is quite an interesting experience and it will get you much closer to Mt Everest.

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First published: 16/02/11.

Els Slots

Sagarmatha National Park

Sagarmatha National Park (Inscribed)

Sagarmatha National Park by Els Slots

There are no roads to this WHS, so for a visit, you have to walk in from the nearest airport - it's 2 days from Lukla. Although there supposedly are helicopter flights nowadays that take you straight to Everest Base Camp and skip all the hiking! I went on foot and did an 8-day trek known as the Everest View Lodge Trek.

I had never hiked for such a long period on end before, but in retrospect felt it was pretty easy. Day walks were never longer than 5-6 hours including lunch and plenty of rest. This trek is the same as the first part of the one to Everest Base Camp. I think I could have made it there too but must say that I already was pretty bored after 5 days. It was early in the season, not many other travellers around, and several shops/restaurants/lodges were closed. And cold it was during the night: I needed a sleeping bag plus 2 blankets! Every night we went to bed at 7.30 pm because of the cold, and because there's nothing to do in the villages.

The forte of the park and the trek clearly are the mountain panoramas. The sky was clear blue on most of the days, and I saw Everest no less than 4 times (once already on the flight in from Kathmandu). The first half of the hike from Namche Bazaar to Tengboche had the best views of Ama Dablam, Lhotse and other 7000-ers. …

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First published: 16/01/11.

Solivagant

Sagarmatha National Park

Sagarmatha National Park (Inscribed)

Sagarmatha National Park by Solivagant

Very few of us are going to reach the summit of Sagarmatha/ Qomolangma/ Mt Everest (though news of 40 climbers passing a dying man during 1 morning in May 2006 seems to indicate that it is a bit like “Piccadilly Circus” up there in season nowadays!) but the “walk in” through the WHS park to the Base Camp is available to any reasonably healthy person – it qualifies as “strenuous” but is achievable with some appropriate fitness preparation. It is not the most beautiful of Himalayan treks and some regard it as a bit of a grind but the objective and the historical connotations make it, in my view, a particularly worthwhile journey. I did it in 1976 and have always regarded it as time, effort and money very well spent - though the trek will have changed immeasurably in the intervening years and almost certainly will not now be as satisfying!

The purist might want to do the full “walk-in” but those with shorter holidays will short-cut this by flying to Lukla to avoid the 8 day trek from the road-head at Jiri. You will still need around 12 days to/from Kathmandu depending on how many detours you take and how much acclimatisation time you want in order to avoid what might be your main potential problem – altitude sickness. This flight unfortunately also adds additional uncertainty both in the form of potential weather problems (either at Lukla or at Kathmandu) as well as in getting a seat …

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