Everest Three Passes Trek

As with all treks in the Everest region, it is advisable to avoid the winter months as well as the peak summer months during the monsoon season. The shoulder months of February-May and September-October provide the most stable and dry weather conditions for trekking.

The Three Passes Trek is considerably harder than the Everest Base Camp Trek so we recommend you have a good fitness level before embarking. Ascending the high passes involves long days of strenuous trekking that would not be encountered on the classic base camp trek and other variations. 6/7 hours of trekking per day is to be expected and altitudes of up to 5,500m are reached on the trek. That being said, the trek is still very popular among people wanting a bit more of a challenge.

Despite crossing some very high passes, the trek has been designed to follow the principle of trek high, sleep low. That means that you will not be spending extended periods of time at altitudes above 5,000m. The itinerary also has acclimatisation days as well as nights spent at lower altitudes to help the acclimatisation progress. If you follow the guide you should not have a problem.

Over the years, Everest Base Camp Trek has gained more popularity and many trekkers from different parts of the world throng to Nepal every year in order to complete their wish to reach the base camp of the world’s highest mountain. With popularity, it has brought with it more tea houses on the trail which provides a varied array of dishes to the trekkers. Most tea houses offer a set of breakfast which usually consists of toasts, eggs, potatoes and tea or coffee. Sherpa stew is found nearly in every menu along with dumplings and noodles. The most popular perhaps is the traditional DAL BHAT. Lentil soup, rice, spinach and seasonal vegetables along with ‘aachar’ or pickle as they call it in the west is the meal to go for while trekking. The Nepali Dal Bhat is rich in carbs, this helps in providing the necessary energy required to walk for 6 to 7 hours every day for 14 to 15 on the trail. We even have a slogan in Nepal which goes like this- ‘DAL BHAT POWER, 24 HOURS’.

For most of the trekkers from different countries the water found on the trail may not be suitable because foreigners are used to drinking bottled water. Most of the tea houses will provide bottled, boiled and filtered water. If you decide to drink the water provided from the tea houses, we would further advise you to use iodine and other purifying agents to treat the water before drinking. Bottled mineral water is also easily available on the trail. Most of the local bottled mineral water is manufactured in the mountains and sold only in the mountains. On the trail, there are many streams and waterfalls from where one could get drinking water but one needs to purify them before drinking.

It is not a problem at all because in a mountain tea house / lodges serve vegetarian food as well and our guide well take care at the time and on a camping trek our cook will care well for the vegetarian food.

Now a day’s most of the major village cell phone is work however such a remote place cell phone does not work but land line phone is available. You can use land line Local phone to call to your relatives.