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Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:15:54 +0000

Hi there,

does enyone know if the Friendship Highway between Tibet and Nepal is open?
We hear that because of the weather (snow) it is possible that this road is closed.
We planned to be in Lhasa around the 18th of December.
Thanks!

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ONLINE

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:33:05 +0000

hi,
The road is open and will never be closed in winter also. In case if the weather is very very bad they can close but only for few hr.

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anonymous

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Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:19:16 +0000

Yup.....the highway now only closes on very rare occasions and generally only for a short period of time. Its not the dirt track it once was!

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Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:19:24 +0000

Agree....should be little to worry about regarding the Friendship Highway. I have spent 6 of the past 9 winters in the Everest region and have rarely seen any major snow accumulation.

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Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:42:49 +0000

yeah, right, the road is rarely close. They usually close the road to Namtso lake due to snow.

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