Travel News

Active-tourism news: permits and fees, trail closures, hazards, park rules. We retell the facts in our own words and link to the source.

Date Story Region Category
Indonesia closes 9 parks and Ijen crater to hikers Indonesia Trail closures
Climber urine helps melt ice at Everest Base Camp Nepal Other
Alps glaciers face record melt after Himalayan disaster Alps Safety & hazards
Flash flood closes Phantom Ranch in the Grand Canyon USA Safety & hazards
Catastrophic floods in Nepal Nepal Safety & hazards
Black bears and a dead horse USA Trail closures
Rockfall in Zion closes the road to The Narrows USA Trail closures
Mont Blanc — rockfalls after heatwaves Alps Safety & hazards
Climber remains found in the mountains Alps Other
From India to Everest without a front wheel Nepal Other
Peru closes the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Andes Trail closures
Fall beats summer, and Gen Z books the legend, not the view USA Other
Lightning, not lava, killed a tourist on Etna Italy Safety & hazards
12 August total solar eclipse: Iceland, Spain, Greenland Iceland Other
Mont Blanc climbers denied a free rescue helicopter Alps Access & rules
Galicia bans a former drug baron’s “narcotour” Spain Other
Mount Rainier: Sunrise and White River closed for Grand Park 2 Fire USA Trail closures
Matterhorn: guided climbs suspended after Italian-side rockfall Alps Trail closures
Sherpa Phur Galjen completes all 14 eight-thousanders — Ukrainian on the team Nepal Other
Nirmal Purja dies in Broad Peak avalanche Pakistan Safety & hazards
Silent festival at Everest Base Camp: headphones at 5,364 m Nepal Other
Аccess through the Tibetan side of the Himalayas Nepal Access & rules
Applications for autumn mountaineering permits Nepal Permits & fees
Snakes at “Everest’s doorstep”: what Sotang means for trekkers Nepal Safety & hazards

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