The Nepalese government is seeking help in identifying four climbers whose bodies were brought down from Mount Everest during a particularly deadly climbing season atop the world’s tallest peak.

According to the Agence France-Presse, the remains have been worn to near skeletons because of the brutal conditions and brought down as part of a larger cleanup effort on the mountain. Officials weren’t sure how long the remains had been on Everest, AFP reported.

“We’re waiting for families to come and claim the bodies,” Dandu Raj Ghimire, director general of the Department of Tourism, told Reuters on Thursday.

Around 300 people have died on Everest over the years, including at least 11 this climbing season, marked by crowded slopes, inexperienced climbers and bad weather.

Mira Acharya, a director at Nepal’s tourism department, told the New York Times that if families do not come forward to claim the remains, the bodies will be cremated.

What caused Everest’s deadly season?: Overcrowding, inexperience and a long line to the top

The government plans to work with embassies in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, to get in touch with the families of foreign climbers who have died on Everest, the Times reported.

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