Changelog

What a room really costs on the ridge — typical rates by type and season, why online and agency prices run higher, and how to book direct for a fair price. Plus the honest word on solar hot water and cool-season heating.

The coming days of wind, gusts, direction and rain over the launch on Gurungche Hill, described on the Beaufort scale, with the flying season and the operators to book through. It describes the weather — the licensed operator and pilot always decide whether to fly.

The one road up from Dumre, in both directions — the local bus and jeep, what they cost, and the last bus down in the mid-afternoon, with the Kathmandu and Pokhara connections and what the monsoon means for the climb.

The town page now carries a colored-pencil sketch of Tin Dhara, the old carved stone tap where water still pours from three serpent-head spouts, with the forested ridge behind. It was chosen from the town's research on ridge-top water and the historic bazaar.

The municipality office and what it handles, the nearest hospital in Damauli, the school, and Nepal's emergency numbers, including the line for reporting a landslide on the Dumre road — grouped, with tappable numbers.

The last 30 days against the 30-year average and the week ahead, with a season-by-season guide to what rain means here — for the Dumre road, the mountain views and the bazaar.

What each month is really like on the ridge — mountain views, the monsoon and the state of the road, festivals, crowds and room prices.

Neighbours and drivers can mark the stretch where the road up from Dumre is blocked, so the next person can check before setting out. Reports clear themselves after a day, and the municipality line is there to report a closure.

Bandipur now has its own page, starting with two tools: a neighbour-reported board for the Dumre road, and a month-by-month guide to the ridge.