The Government of Nepal has restructured royalties of mountain climbing permits in Nepal in 2015 AD. The changed royalty structure has been implemented on the 1st of January 2015. The objectives of restructuring the royalty fees are to stimulate mountain climbing competition with neighboring counties, to promote mountain climbing in remote locations, and encourage mountaineering/climbing all year round. 

The features of recently changed royalty fees are:

• The permit fees were discounted to 50% for autumn expeditions than spring and to 25% for winter and summer expeditions.
• The Maximum number of expedition members allowed per expedition was increased from 12 to 15.
• The individual or small size group is more beneficial with the changed structure
• Climbing royalty was waved for 5 years for peaks located in mid and far western regions.
• Incremental royalty system was implemented, whereby royalty fee is proportional to several expedition members replacing the previous flat fee per expedition.

1. Royalty for Foreign Climber per Person in USD

2. Royalty for Nepalese Climber per Person in NPR

The Mountaineering Royalty has been waived to those mountains situated in the mid-western and far-western development region of Nepal for 2070/04/01-2075/03/32 (16 July 2013 to 15 July 2018)

• Royalty for Foreign climbers is effective from 01 Jan 2015
• Royalty for Nepali climbers is effective from 2070/11/01

Note: Maximum number of members in one team is 15 following the regulation.