The Nepali Army High Altitude and Mountain Warfare School is known for its glorious mountaineering history and is also considered as the most prestigious mountaineering school in Nepal. The School has been through forty years of imparting mountaineering knowledge to the selected national and international officers and other ranks every year through its high altitude and mountain warfare trainings.

Training is aimed to develop self confidence, endurance, references, determination and spirit of adventure. Special emphasis is laid on acclimatization, mountain hazard and survival, rock and ice craft, glacier travel, safety and rescue, navigation, expedition planning, cultural awareness, latest mountaineering skills/techniques and gear/equipment and constant review and revision of every aspect of the course. The School will continue to dedicate itself towards the achievement of the highest standards of mountaineering training.