Aug 13 2023
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
Saraghrar (سراغرار) Saraghrar is one of the great high mountains of the Hindu Kush, rising to 7,349 meters (24,110 feet) in the Chitral region of northwestern Pakistan. Rather than forming a simple isolated pyramid, Saraghrar is an enormous multi-summited massif crowned by a broad high-altitude plateau and surrounded by formidable walls of rock, snow, and …
Aug 13 2023
Istor-o-Nal | Istoro Nal | इस्तोर-ओ-नल Istor-o-Nal is a sprawling 7,000-meter massif in the Hindu Kush of northern Pakistan. Rising to approximately 7,403 meters (24,288 feet), it is one of the highest mountains in the range and stands among a remarkable cluster of major peaks that includes Tirich Mir, Noshaq, and Saraghrar. Unlike a simple …
Aug 13 2023
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
Noshaq (Nowshak, Nōshākh, نوشاخ) Noshaq is the highest mountain in Afghanistan, the second-highest summit of the Hindu Kush, and the westernmost mountain on Earth to rise above 7,000 meters. Reaching 7,492 meters (24,580 feet), it stands directly on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, with its northern and western slopes descending into Afghanistan’s remote Wakhan region and its …
Aug 12 2023
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 (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 (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 …
Aug 12 2023
Malubiting (مالونیتنگ) Malubiting is a massive 7,458-meter (24,469-foot) mountain in the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains of Pakistan’s Karakoram. Rising north of the Indus Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, it forms the highest point of an extensive multi-summited massif positioned between Rakaposhi to the west and Haramosh Peak to the south. Despite being one of the world’s highest and most …
Aug 05 2023
Nanga Parbat (نانگا پربت, Diamir) Nanga Parbat is one of the great giants of the Himalayas, rising dramatically above the valleys of northern Pakistan to an elevation of 8,126 meters (26,660 feet). It is the ninth-highest mountain in the world and one of only 14 generally recognized peaks that exceed 8,000 meters above sea level. …
