Trip Planning for Treks & Climbs | BY Rami Rasamny | PUBLISH DATE: August 19 2026 | READ TIME: 3 mins | UPDATED DATE: October 01 2026
Life Happens Outdoors Adds Permanent Ski Touring Option to Mera Peak Expeditions
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Experienced ski tourers can request Mera Peak’s optional ski descent. LHO assesses suitability and provides a separate written quote; mountain conditions determine the descent.
Experienced ski tourers can request an optional ski descent on Life Happens Outdoors’ Mera Peak expeditions in Nepal. LHO assesses suitability and provides a separate written quote before the ski option is confirmed.
Life Happens Outdoors added ski touring as a permanent option on its Mera Peak Climbing Expedition on 19 August 2026. The ski option is arranged on request, following a review of each participant’s experience.
A permanent option within the expedition
The ski touring add-on sits within the existing 21-day Mera Peak itinerary. Participants follow the expedition’s carefully paced approach through Nepal’s Hinku Valley, including acclimatisation, glacier training, High Camp and a summit attempt.
The standard expedition remains a mountaineering ascent and descent on foot. Participants who select the add-on prepare for a potential ski descent as part of the same journey.
The separate written quote covers the ski option’s scope, equipment, conditions, payment timing and cancellation or refund terms.
Who can request the ski touring option
The ski descent is for experienced ski tourers. Participants need relevant ski touring or off-piste experience and must be comfortable skiing variable snow, managing their own equipment and following instructions on glaciated terrain.
Mera Peak involves ungroomed, high-altitude terrain where snow quality can vary. This is not a place to learn to ski, and suitability is assessed before the option is confirmed.
Anyone unsure about their level should contact LHO Base Camp Support before requesting the ski option. The team can discuss the participant’s skiing background and help determine whether the standard expedition or the ski touring option is the more appropriate choice.
The mountaineering skills taught during the expedition do not replace the skiing ability needed for the descent.
Conditions determine the descent
Selecting the add-on does not guarantee that a ski descent will take place. A route may be suitable for climbing without being suitable for skiing.
Snow cover, weather, wind, visibility, glacier conditions and the judgement of the LHO Team Leader leading the ski descent determine whether skiing proceeds and where it can begin.
If conditions are unsuitable, the ski descent may be shortened, changed or cancelled. Participants will then descend on foot with the climbing team.
Full expedition dates, preparation information and booking details are available on the Mera Peak expedition page. The Mera Peak ski touring guide provides further information about the terrain and conditional descent plan.
This article was reviewed for Nepal mountaineering accuracy by Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa, a senior Nepalese high-altitude guide and Nepal Mountaineering Association-registered Sardar (Registration No. 592).
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Rami Rasamny
Rami Rasamny is the founder of Life Happens Outdoors, a premium adventure travel company that uses the outdoors as a catalyst for human transformation. His work brings people into the mountains not only for challenge, but for clarity, confidence, and connection. He believes that when people answer the call to adventure truthfully, they come back different.
