Trekking Risk & Safety Disclaimer

1. Trekking carries inherent risks

Even on well-travelled routes, trekking involves hazards that cannot be fully removed. These include, but are not limited to:

• Altitude. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) and the more serious HAPE and HACE can affect anyone, regardless of fitness or experience, on routes that climb above roughly 2,500 metres.
• Terrain and weather. Steep, slippery, or exposed ground, river crossings, rockfall, landslides, avalanches, snow, and sudden weather changes.
• Remoteness. Limited communications, basic facilities, and long evacuation times in areas far from roads and hospitals.
• Illness, injury, and the standard of local medical care available in mountain regions.

2. Travel and rescue insurance is mandatory

You must hold valid travel insurance for the full trip that covers high-altitude trekking to the maximum elevation of your route, emergency medical treatment, and helicopter evacuation. We cannot accept you on a trek without it. Insurance is your responsibility, and we strongly recommend you confirm your policy’s altitude limit in writing before you travel.

3. Health and fitness

You are responsible for assessing whether you are fit for your chosen trek and for disclosing any medical condition that could affect you at altitude or on remote trails. The information on this site is general and is not medical advice. Consult a qualified doctor about your fitness to trek, altitude medication, and vaccinations before you travel.

4. Your guide’s authority

Your safety comes before any schedule. Your guide may change the route, slow the pace, add an acclimatisation day, or turn back when conditions, weather, or your health make it the safe choice. These decisions are final. We would rather hold a group back than push into danger.

5. No guarantee of summits or views

Mountains, weather, and trail conditions are outside our control. We cannot guarantee that you will reach a particular viewpoint or pass, or that skies will be clear. A safe, well-judged trek is the priority.

6. Accuracy of information

Altitudes, distances, walking times, and itineraries on this site are good-faith estimates that vary with conditions, group pace, and route changes. They are provided for planning and are not a guarantee of exact times or distances on the day.

7. Assumption of risk

By booking a trek with 6K Nepal Treks, you confirm that you understand the risks described here, that you accept them voluntarily, and that you take responsibility for your own decisions on the trail within the guidance of your licensed guide. This does not remove our duty to operate responsibly and with reasonable care.

8. Contact

If anything here is unclear, ask us before you book at info@6knepaltreks.com. By booking with 6K Nepal Treks you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Trekking Risk & Safety Disclaimer.