Aug 19 2023
Kala Patthar (Kala Pattar) Kala Patthar is a famous high-altitude viewpoint in Nepal’s Khumbu region, rising on the southern ridge of Pumori immediately above the settlement of Gorak Shep. It is one of the most popular side trips on the Everest Base Camp trek because it provides something that Everest Base Camp itself cannot: a …
Aug 19 2023
Diran Diran is a 7,266-meter (23,838-foot) mountain in the western Karakoram of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising east of the much larger Rakaposhi massif, it is one of the most recognizable mountains above the Nagar and Hunza region, where its broad snow-covered pyramid contrasts sharply with the jagged granite and ice peaks surrounding it. The mountain was …
Aug 19 2023
Paiju Peak (Paiyu Peak, Payu Peak) Paiju Peak is a 6,610-meter (21,686-foot) mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising immediately northwest of the lower end of the Baltoro Glacier, it occupies one of the most traveled landscapes in the entire Karakoram. Thousands of trekkers heading toward K2, Broad Peak, the …
Aug 19 2023
Great Trango | Great Trango Tower Great Trango Tower is a 6,286-meter (20,623-foot) mountain in the central Karakoram of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising immediately north of the Baltoro Glacier, it belongs to the spectacular Trango Towers group, whose enormous granite walls have become some of the most famous technical climbing objectives on Earth. The mountain is …
Aug 19 2023
Skyang Kangri (سکیانگ کنگری) | Skyank Kangri | Staircase Peak Skyang Kangri is a 7,544-meter (24,751-foot) mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh of the central Karakoram, rising on the border between Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China. Located only a few kilometers northeast of K2, it stands in one of the highest and most heavily …
Aug 14 2023
Muztagh Tower (Mustagh Tower) Muztagh Tower is a spectacular 7,273-meter (23,861-foot) mountain on the border between Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China. Rising in the Baltoro Muztagh of the central Karakoram, it stands between the Baltoro and Sarpo Laggo glacier systems and is one of the most visually distinctive high mountains in Asia. For …
Aug 14 2023
Baintha Brakk (بائنتھا براک) Baintha Brakk is a 7,285-meter (23,900-foot) granite mountain in the Panmah Muztagh of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Better known internationally as The Ogre, it is one of the most technically formidable high mountains in the world, combining enormous granite walls with steep ice, corniced ridges, avalanche terrain, severe Karakoram weather, …
Aug 14 2023
Baltistan Peak / K6 Baltistan Peak, better known as K6, is a 7,282-meter (23,891-foot) mountain in the Masherbrum Mountains of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising above the remote Nangmah, Charakusa, Lachit, and Kondus glacier systems, it is one of the most impressive high mountains of the Hushe region and one of the Karakoram’s more …
Aug 14 2023
Yutmaru Sar Yutmaru Sar is a 7,283-meter (23,894-foot) mountain in the Hispar Muztagh of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising north of the enormous Hispar Glacier between Yukshin Gardan Sar and Kanjut Sar, it belongs to one of the highest and most heavily glaciated mountain groups in the western Karakoram. The mountain receives remarkably little …
Aug 13 2023
Haramosh Peak (ہراموش چوٹی, Haramosh, Peak 58) Haramosh Peak is a 7,397-meter (24,268-foot) mountain in the Rakaposhi–Haramosh Mountains of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising dramatically north of the Indus River and east of Gilgit, it is one of the great independent summits of the western Karakoram, with approximately 2,277 meters of topographic prominence. Although …
