<P> The Mount Everest climbing season of 2017 began in spring with the first climbers reaching the top on May 11 , from the north side . The first team on the south side reached the top on May 15 . By early June , reports from Nepal indicated that 445 people had made it to the summit from the Nepali side . Reports indicate 160 -- 200 summits on the north side , with 600 -- 660 summiters overall for early 2017 . This year had a roughly 50 % success rate on that side for visiting climbers , which was down from other years . By 2018 , the figure for the number of summiters of Everest was refined to 648 . This includes 449 which summited via Nepal ( from the South ) and 120 from Chinese Tibet ( North side ) . </P>
<P> The Mount Everest climbing season of 2017 began in spring with the first climbers reaching the top on May 11 , from the north side . The first team on the south side reached the top on May 15 . By early June , reports from Nepal indicated that 445 people had made it to the summit from the Nepali side . Reports indicate 160 -- 200 summits on the north side , with 600 -- 660 summiters overall for early 2017 . This year had a roughly 50 % success rate on that side for visiting climbers , which was down from other years . By 2018 , the figure for the number of summiters of Everest was refined to 648 . This includes 449 which summited via Nepal ( from the South ) and 120 from Chinese Tibet ( North side ) . </P>
when is the climbing season for mount everest
when is the climbing season for mount everest
in spring
in spring