Talk:Annapurna Circuit

Leave no trace
I'm moving some part of the ""leave no trace" section to the Nepal Trekking article since it applies to almost all the treks.

Maoists
Do the Maoists still demand money with menaces from hikers? When I was there (2005) we had to pay a daily bribe to the Maoists. One anti-communist Pole refused, and was severely beaten. 02:23, 13 May 2011 (EDT)02:23, 13 May 2011 (EDT)

Our group did the Manaslu trek and continued on to Jomsom on the Annapurna trek in October/November 2013. We encountered none of this in the 3 weeks we were on the trail. It appears that following the settlement in 2007 or 2008, there has been more stability. Elections in November 2013 may be inconclusive and, if so, may signal more unrest because the Maoist parties could be unhappy with the results. It would be worthwhile keeping up with recent developments. One effect of the pre-election difficulties was the call for a transportation strike (bandh) enforced with threats from the Maoists and their supporters. We had planned a short hike north of Pokhara but because of the strike, there were no buses running. This lasted for 10 days leading up to the election. We decided to abandon those plans, returned to Kathmandu and left for home early.Dave.mcc (talk) 17:06, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Altitude Profiles & GPX Fies
Hey,

I just wanted to let you know I created >20 altitude profiles for the Annapurna Circuit and uploaded most of the treks as GPX files to OpenStreetMap. Feel free to use both the profiles and the GPX. The walking times in the GPX files are calculated assuming 4km distance and +- 300m altitude difference per hour. You can find detailed information on all files in the German Version of Annapurna Circuit. --Kondephy (talk) 18:19, 16 December 2018 (UTC)