Changelog

Nepal's national disaster register (BIPAD, NDRRMA) holds 509 verified incidents for Tanahun district going back to 2011. This reads it and shows what has actually been recorded and in which months. The landslides are where you would expect — 56 of 85 fall in July. The part that surprised us is that fire is more than twice as common as landslide here, and it peaks in March and April. It is a record of what was reported and confirmed, not a complete record and not a warning: NEOC 1149 and the municipality line are on the page above every number.

Siddha Gufa, Thani Mai, Tundikhel, the silk farm and Ramkot, with the heights measured rather than repeated. The main correction: the cave sits about 400 m below the bazaar, so the walk down is the easy half and the climb home is the hard one — carrying on down to Bimalnagar and riding back avoids it. Where sources disagreed on a fee or a season we give the range; where they disagreed completely, as on the cave's opening hours, we leave the number out.

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.