CEO message

Message from the CEO

Sherpa-led hospitality, resilient mountain logistics, and a promise to treat every trekker like family.

“Every trek is briefed by me or our field leads before you step on the trail.”

This is a note from Dil: welcome to the ART family—transparent plans, honest weather calls, and hospitality rooted in Sherpa values.

Vision & mission CSR & impact

From the CEO

Namaste! Alpine Ramble began as a small family team guiding classic treks across the Khumbu and Annapurna. Today we run expeditions across Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet, but we still carry that small-team accountability. Every trek is personally briefed by our Kathmandu HQ, each guide is Sherpa- or mountain-veteran led, and every traveler gets honest communication about weather, permits, and contingency plans. Thank you for trusting a local company. We reinvest in porter welfare, trail cleanups, and scholarships for young guides—so every booking uplifts the communities you visit. See you in the mountains, Dil Bahadur Gurung Founder & CEO, Alpine Ramble Treks

Leadership cues

• Personally brief every expedition before wheels-up.
• Walk the route each season to see trail and teahouse conditions.
• Keep pricing transparent and permits handled before guests land.
• Train guides/porters with welfare, rescue, and cultural storytelling.
• Respond rapidly to weather, reroutes, and med-evacs.

Focus for 2025

Safety & comms

Satellite messaging for high passes and tighter weather windows.

People & welfare

Insurance and gear libraries for porters plus scholarships for new guides.

Sustainability

Flight offsets, refill stations, and joint trail cleanups every season.

Field leadership & ground work

Where you’ll find me

Kathmandu → Lukla → Namche → Gokyo → Base Camp

Dawn briefings

Weather windows, pace plans, and backup routes shared with guides and trekkers before breakfast.

On the trail

Walking sections each season to audit teahouses, comms coverage, and porter loads.

Night check-ins

Daily calls with field leads and guest coordinators to adjust logistics in real time.

Trust, not just talk

What we hold ourselves to

About ART

Accountability

Daily briefings, written contingency plans, and transparent pricing before you book.

Safety-first culture

Altitude pacing baked into itineraries, redundant comms, and medical support standards.

Community uplift

Insured porters, fair wages, scholarships for young guides, and trail cleanups each season.

How ART makes a difference

Small team accountability, big mountain care

CSR & impact

Porter-first welfare

Insured, geared, and paid fairly with off-season support.

Guide training that matters

Altitude, rescue, and cultural storytelling—not just pace and peaks.

Transparent itineraries

Built-in acclimatization buffers and honest reroutes when weather shifts.

Guests become family

Photos, updates, and clear expectations for every day on the trail.

Message to the ART family—present and future

“Thank you for trusting a Sherpa-led company. We will walk beside you.”

To our crew: your care keeps trekkers safe and proud of the Himalaya. To every traveler joining us: you arrive as a guest, but you leave as family—with mountain stories to carry home and communities you’ve supported along the way.

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