The video was shared by Instagram user Magdalena Madej, an experienced mountaineer who has also climbed Mount Everest.

"I was so lucky to get out," a hiker tells the BBC after being caught in two days of unusually heavy snow in the Himalayas.

The blizzard hit over the weekend, blanketing the high-altitude valley – about 4,200m above sea level – with deep snow. Many hikers were caught off guard when heavy snowfall continued through Saturday ...

A blizzard on Mount Everest's Tibetan slopes trapped nearly 1,000 hikers and guides in remote camps during China's National ...

Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall ...

Hundreds of hikers have been guided to safety in Tibet after becoming trapped over the weekend by heavy snowfall.

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff stranded by a weekend blizzard in a valley on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media say.

Hundreds of hikers stranded on Mount Everest’s remote Tibetan slopes have been rescued after a powerful blizzard.

The freak blizzard struck during China's Golden Week holiday, which marks the start of a busy tourist season on Mt. Everest.