Category: Mountain Field Guide

Istor-o-Nal

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 …

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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 …

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Noshaq

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Malubiting

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 …

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Nanga Parbat

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. …

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Kanjut Sar

Kanjut Sar (Kunjudh Sar, کنجت سر‎) Kanjut Sar is a remote and imposing mountain in the Hispar Muztagh of the Karakoram, rising to approximately 7,760 meters (25,459 feet) in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Although less internationally famous than nearby giants such as K2, the mountain ranks among the highest peaks on Earth and is one of the …

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Laila Peak (Hushe Valley)

Laila Peak (لیلی چوٹی) Laila Peak is one of the most distinctive mountains in Pakistan’s Karakoram, rising in an extraordinarily sharp spear of rock, snow and ice above the Gondogoro Glacier near Hushe Valley. The mountain reaches approximately 6,096 meters (20,000 feet) and belongs to the Masherbrum Range of Gilgit-Baltistan. Although Laila Peak is far …

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