Skil Brum (سکل برم, Skilbrum) Skil Brum is a 7,410-meter (24,310-foot) mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh of the Karakoram, rising on the Pakistan–China frontier only a short distance west-southwest of K2. It stands on the western side of the Godwin-Austen Glacier, roughly opposite Broad Peak, in one of the most extraordinary concentrations of high mountains …
Category: Karakoram
Aug 13 2023
Sherpi Kangri
Sherpi Kangri Sherpi Kangri is a 7,380-meter (24,213-foot) mountain in the Saltoro Mountains of the eastern Karakoram. Rising in the remote high country north of Saltoro Kangri and south of Ghent Kangri, it belongs to one of the least accessible major mountain groups in High Asia, a landscape shaped not only by enormous glaciers and …
Aug 13 2023
Passu Sar
Passu Sar (پسو سر, Passu Sar, Passu I) Passu Sar is a 7,476-meter (24,528-foot) mountain in the Batura Muztagh of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rising above the upper Hunza Valley near the village of Passu, it is the highest summit of the Passu massif and one of the major 7,000-meter mountains forming the eastern …
Aug 13 2023
Momhil Sar
Momhil Sar (Mumhail Sar) Momhil Sar is a 7,414-meter (24,324-foot) mountain in the Hispar Muztagh of the Karakoram in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Also known by the Wakhi pronunciation Mumhail Sar, it rises immediately northwest of Trivor in an immense landscape of glaciers, high ridges, avalanche-swept faces, and neighboring 7,000-meter summits. The mountain is easy to overlook …
Aug 13 2023
Sia Kangri
Sia Kangri Sia Kangri is a 7,422-meter (24,350-foot) mountain in the Karakoram, rising in one of the most remote and politically complex high-mountain regions on Earth. Part of the Baltoro Muztagh, the peak stands on the present-day China–Pakistan boundary near the upper reaches of the Siachen and Baltoro glacier systems and close to territory administered …
Aug 13 2023
Baltoro Kangri
Baltoro Kangri (بلتورو کنگری) Baltoro Kangri is a vast snow-and-ice mountain rising above the head of the famous Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan’s Karakoram. Reaching approximately 7,312 meters (23,989 feet), it is one of the highest mountains in the world and one of the great landmarks of the upper Baltoro region. The mountain was once known …
Aug 13 2023
Ultar Sar
Ultar Sar (آلتر سار, Ultar, Ultar II, Bojohagur Duanasir II) Ultar Sar is a spectacular 7,388-meter (24,239-foot) mountain rising almost directly above the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan. Part of the Batura Muztagh of the Karakoram, the mountain is remarkable not only for its height but for the extraordinary relief between its summit and the …
Aug 12 2023
Trivor
Trivor (ترِووُر) Trivor Trivor is a formidable 7,577-meter (24,859-foot) mountain in the Hispar Muztagh of Pakistan’s Karakoram. Rising above the immense glacier systems north of the Hispar Valley, it belongs to one of the most concentrated groups of 7,000-meter mountains anywhere in the world. The peak stands between the great massifs of Distaghil Sar and …
Aug 12 2023
Pumari Chhish
Pumari Chhish (پماری چش) | Pumar Kish | Pumarikish | Peak 11 Pumari Chhish is a remote 7,492-meter (24,580-foot) mountain in the Hispar Muztagh of Pakistan’s Karakoram. Rising north of the immense Hispar Glacier, it belongs to a remarkable concentration of high peaks that includes Khunyang Chhish, Distaghil Sar, Trivor, and Yutmaru Sar. Despite ranking …
Aug 12 2023
Chogolisa
Chogolisa (چوگولیزا) | Bride Peak Chogolisa is one of the most beautiful and historically significant mountains of Pakistan’s Karakoram. Rising to 7,665 meters (25,148 feet) near the head of the Baltoro Glacier, the mountain forms an enormous trapezoid of snow and ice crowned by two almost equally high summits. The highest point is the 7,665-meter …