Travel advisory - Snowstorms in Annapurna National Park

thank you joe LP. i think these are all excellent advice. as much as we love nature and being close to nature we need to respect the mountains, listen to weather and update with people around us. i know i am planning to go on ABC trek around 1st week dec and hope that things, weather will be ok by then. being around people and trekking with people will be good way to stay in touch. all the best to all, happy trekking

A new reportof the body of a trekker missing since the October blizzard being recovered in the Annapurna region. Three Canadians and three guides are still unaccounted for.

What about the many trekkers in Dolpo who were listed as 'not heard from'. Have they all come back safely? Did they have any problems?

I hadn't seen this before.....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/11170488/Nepal-trekkers-kicked-out-of-lodge-during-snow-storm-blame-local-greed-for-eight-deaths.html

Very interesting article (previous post) to say the least. The article was published back on 17 October -- so one has to wonder why it hasn't been big news (like Roger I was completely unaware of it). Clearly, if something like this happened to US trekkers, it would be HUGE news here in the US.

Right, backintheusa, I noticed the pub date too, but had never seen the article before (or a similar type article) and I often check Nepal news sources.

And I can't help but thinking, in hindsight of course, why not just bivouac in the hut with your bag and warm gear with plenty of other people and wait the wx out, even for a couple of days. Perhaps a better choice than follow a fellow down in treacherous and deteriorating conditions.

Roger -- No question that's what they should have done. Unless there was some overarching concern with hunkering down (the only real thing I can think of would be if the lodge was in a potential avalanche area, or if there were altitude sickness or other medical issues), best bet would be to wait it out. Heading down late in the day in a snowstorm is not a good idea.

Re your other point (about not hearing about the story until now), I wonder if it got recanted for some reason. Otherwise, it's just hard for me to believe that this didn't get picked up in the UK press big time, and for that matter, in the US as well (but less so of course).

that article has already been on here when it was all happening
don't know how credible it is

ok, guess I missed it.....Roger