Annapurna in Dec

[Eric and Mish]

My Wife and I are coming to Nepal in Early December. We wanted to do some trekking.

Is December a good time to Trek in the Annuapurna region? Is it to late to do the Sancutuary?

Is it better to organize eveything in Pokhara or Kathmandu?

How cold will it be?

Any other advice for first time visitors, thanks

[Daniel]

Hi Eric & Mish,

I did the Sanctuary trek in late December last year with my 11 year old son. We had excellent weather, as it usually is during this time. It is dry, and you have good visibility due to the low humidity in the atmosphere. It can get cold above 3000m, so you need a good sleeping bag for MBC (3700m) and ABC (4100m), where it can get close to 0 and below 0 (at ABC) in early morning. However it warms up a bit during the day. However, most of the trek is below these altitudes, where you may have 5-6 degrees in early morning, and 15-16 during the day, which is quite pleasent.

You can organise the trek (if you mean guide/porrter etc) in either KTD of Pokhara just as easily. I would go through recommendations, or asking at the hotel where you stay. You can also contact agencies now through the internet.
I will be in the Annapurna Area with a group of about 8 (probably doing the Jomsom/Muktihath trek), leaving KTD on Dec 18 and starting the trek on Dec 19. Hope to see you around.


Cheers,
Daniel

[Daniel]

Thanks Raj,
I will note your email and give you a "buzz" when I will be in KTD, after the 17th of December, or early January after our trek.
Cheers
Daniel

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[nick]

Hey some Nepali bonding

I feel honoured!!,mentioned worldwide on this message board I find all of this is still a bit amazing .
...Contacting home twelve years ago form Kathmandu was a three ks trip to the telegraph office opposite the National stadium to make some important contact ,well it always seemed important at the time.
Then television appeared around two hours a day of Nepali programmes about 1989 this was all very new and corrupting and in some ways frightening ? Thankfully....ALL OF A SUDDEN within two years our dear Rupert came flying in with Star T,V, Nepal began to change,all was peaceful now and suddenly Nepalis had a sense of purpose!!!!!.
Then came fax.....wow. That was helpful (honestly)and now the world is my elephant.
Daniel I am arranging to meet Santa Man on october 15 for a chat.I still want to organise you lot if you are not sorted already.

Raaj Namaste Kaisa Chhaa Thanks for your number.

[Daniel]

Yes Nick, I have the same feeling. As Shakespeare sings in one of his hits "some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them". Joking aside, I am still not sure how many will join me (the group could be between 3 and 9, you know how people are, the spirit is willing but some people are not totally with it...), and hence how much help I will need. Obviously with a bigger group it could be I may need some help. Whatever happens, I will come to visit your Himalayan Study Centre at Ghadruk, and probably my son will be with me. It is possible that the whole group may come there, depending on how long they will want to hang around for.
I also find quite amazing the pace of change in Nepal. As late as 1996 you had to que up if you wanted to phone from Lukla, as there was only one such device, lodges had not TV (and that was a good thing I think, but who am I to judge?!), and there were no internet cafes in Thamel or Pokhara. In addition most lodges did not have a "sun-lounge" in the Everest area starting from Lukla. Ah, those were the days...