Avalanche at Mount Yalung Ri Kills Seven

On Nov. 3 an avalanche struck a base camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Dolakha district’s Rolwaling Valley, killing seven people — five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides — injuring several others and leaving multiple climbers reported missing. Local officials and media said the foreign victims included U.S., Canadian and Italian citizens (variously cited as three Americans, one Canadian and one Italian), though nationalities had not been officially confirmed. Rescue efforts were hampered by heavy snowfall after Cyclone Montha and poor weather, forcing helicopters to turn back and ground teams to trek to the roughly 4,900‑metre camp; authorities planned to resume searches at dawn Tuesday. Nepal’s army, the Armed Police Force and regular police have been mobilized to continue search-and-rescue operations and recover the missing and deceased. Yalung Ri is a roughly 5,630‑metre peak in the Rolwaling Valley often climbed in autumn, and officials warned that even lower Himalayan peaks can be deadly in bad weather.