Nepal is to deploy soldiers and armed policemen at Everest base camps to improve security before the start of the climbing season, authorities said on Friday.
The measure comes after an altercation in 2013 between three European climbers and Sherpa guides.
"The new provision will come into force in April when the climbing season beings," said Sharad Pradhan, spokesman of the Nepal Tourism Board. "It will include police, army officials and the armed police force and the tourism ministry officials."
Nepal's mountaineering season in 2013 was marred by a brawl between climbers and Sherpas over rope fixing.
Overcrowding on the slopes of Everest has also been a concern.
More than 3000 people have climbed the world's highest mountain since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first ascended it in 1953.
