Lisa Walton, an Olympian who represented New Zealand in hockey, and her wife Lizi Hamer were among dozens of missing people after a huge and deadly avalanche near Annapurna killed at least 32 people.
Liz Cammock and her husband Peter were also in the region and were now safe.
It is understood Ms Walton made contact with family this afternoon and at least one of their friends has heard from them as well.
A friend of Ms Walton contacted APNZ and said both women were safe.
A friend of Ms Hamer said on Facebook the couple missed the storm and were going back to their home in Singapore next week. They were reportedly out of reach due to poor cellular phone network coverage.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has said there were no New Zealanders unaccounted for, and they had no concerns for the safety of New Zealanders in Nepal today.
Ms Walton and Ms Hamer were the kind of people who would drop everything to help with a rescue operation, friends of the missing couple said earlier.
Fellow hockey star Mandy Barker said this afternoon everyone in the hockey community was worried.
"We all in the hockey community know the news and we hope that something good will come at the end of it," Mrs Barker said.
Ms Walton was also widely known among other sportspeople, particularly triathletes. Her good friend and former Black Sticks teammate Anna Lawrence said Walton was "incredibly strong" and fit.
"She's a fabulous person," Ms Lawrence said. "I just hope that her and Lizi, who's also very fit and strong, are using all of that to help them through wherever they are now."
Lawrence was earlier keeping her fingers crossed, hoping for good news. "There's not a lot we can do but pray really."
Miranda Dimopoulos, a close friend of Ms Walton and Ms Hamer, was among those urgently wanting to hear from the couple earlier this afternoon.
"The one thing that is super strange is the fact that they know that everyone will be worrying," Ms Dimopoulos said.
They were physically fit and compassionate people, Ms Dimopoulos said, so it was possible they "would be trying to help out in any sort of rescue operation if needed."
Dimopoulos said Ms Walton and Ms Hamer were also registered with the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN).
Mike Cammock told ONE News his parents Peter and Elizabeth Cammock weren't near the area where the avalanche occurred but were out of contact in a remote region. They were scheduled to leave the region next month.
Mrs Cammock survived the CTV building collapse in the February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Annapurna, about 8091m high,is the world's tenth-highest mountain.
The Annapurna circuit is a 205km, horseshoe-shaped trail popular with trekkers.
The circuit gave people "an opportunity to walk through the naturally rich terrain of Nepal while experiencing some of the most beautiful mountains in the country," the Washington Post said.
