| Day | Activity | Miles | Hours | Altitude | Gain | ||||||||
| 1 | Arrive Kathmandu | 4,600 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rest and tour Katmandu | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tour Katmandu | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fly to Lukla | 9,250 | 4,650 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Trek to Phakding | 8,694 | -556 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Trek to Namache | 11,300 | 2,606 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Rest & tour in Namache | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Trek to Thame | 12,464 | 1,164 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Trek to Tengboche | 12,683 | 219 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Trek to Periche | 13,907 | 1,224 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Trek to Lobuche | 16,174 | 2,267 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Trek to Gorak Shep | 16,924 | 750 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Climb Kala Patar | 2-3.5 | 18,192 | 1,268 | |||||||||
| 14 | Treck to Everest Base Camp | 15.-2.5 | 17,500 | -692 | |||||||||
| 15 | Trek back to Dingboche | 14,450 | -3,050 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Trek to Namache | 11,300 | -3,150 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Trek to Lukla (a long day) | 9,250 | -2,050 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Fly to Katmandu | 4,600 | -4,650 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Rest | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Fly home | ||||||||||||
| 1-May | First good weather starts about this date | ||||||||||||
| 10-May | Most expeditions schedule their summit attempts | ||||||||||||
| 23-May | Start of 7 day window. Monsoon pushes north, pushing the jet stream north as well, creating perfect weather over Everest - until the monsoon snows hit. | ||||||||||||
| 20-May | Most expeditions have this as an end date | ||||||||||||
| 1-Jun | Permit ends | ||||||||||||