More than 1,200 foreign hikers have been trapped on a mountain in the Himalayas near Mount Everest by bad weather. Thick fog and cloud cover have forced airlines to cancel all flights to and from the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. If you can stand to keep your eyes open, the view out the ...

Scan the feedback section of travel sites: they are full of laments from frustrated trekkers stuck at Lukla’s Tenzing-Hillary Airport waiting days on end for flights out. After having descended from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. More than 300 people have died attempting to reach the summit of ...

Around 150 trekkers realized they couldn't see route as weather deteriorated; one person medivacked to nearby town; group ...

A journalist, climber, and public speaker, Alan Arnette is one of the world’s most respected chroniclers of Mount Everest. He climbed the world’s highest peak in 2011 and reached the summit of K2 in ...

Flights from Ramechhap to Lukla have started, catering to trekkers and climbers heading for the Everest region this autumn, the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed. Airlines including Sita, Tara, and ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Lukla Airport (VNLK) Tenzing-Hillary Airport (better known as Lukla Airport), the gateway to Mount Everest, ...

AM from Kathmandu Airport, heading to Lukla, the gateway to Mount Everest. The flight to Lukla takes 25 minutes by fixed-wing ...

It’s a 40-minute flight from Kathmandu, Nepal to the village of Lukla. That seems like a simple trip, until you consider it's 40 minutes of mountain-dodging, white-knuckling, flying in a small plane ...