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 …
Aug 13 2023
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 …
Aug 13 2023
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 (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 (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 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 …
