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
Four deaths on Manaslu so far this autumn season Nepal Safety & hazards
DAV huts are shutting the summer season Alps Trail closures
Dolomites: Tre Cime rescues and two fatal falls Alps Safety & hazards
Grand Canyon trail reopened against staff warnings USA Safety & hazards
Avalanche in the Bezengi Gorge: 17 dead Caucasus Safety & hazards
Manaslu: bridges washed out, expeditions fly in Nepal Trail closures
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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