Uttarakhand: Heavy Snowfall in Chamoli, Shri Badrinath Dham Wrapped in thick blanket of snow

March 16, 2026 4:30 PM

Uttarakhand: Heavy Snowfall in Chamoli, Shri Badrinath Dham Wrapped in thick blanket of snow

As North India is gearing up for the start of the summer season, high-altitude areas in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district have been witnessing heavy snowfall since Sunday night. Due to intense snowfall, the temple premises in Shri Badrinath Dham, including Neelkanth Parvat and Narayan Parvat has been covered in a white blanket. Additionally, a sharp drop in temperatures has been recorded in the region. As a result, severe cold conditions have made a comeback in Badrinath and the surrounding l...

Unseasonably heavy snowfall halts Everest tourism in Nepal, Tibet

October 29, 2025 10:44 AM

Unseasonably heavy snowfall halts Everest tourism in Nepal, Tibet

The Nepali and Chinese sides of the Everest region were closed to tourism on Wednesday due to unseasonally heavy snow, and a helicopter crashed in deep snowdrifts as it tried to rescue stranded trekkers. Visited by thousands of trekkers and climbers, the region around Mount Everest has been blanketed by snow since Monday as a cyclone from the Bay of Bengal churned across India, ushering in a second bout of severe snowfall in the Himalayas this month. Authorities in Nepal have halted trekking o...