May 28 2024
Rakaposhi (راکاپوشی) 🏔️ Overview Rising dramatically above Pakistan’s Hunza and Nagar valleys, Rakaposhi is one of the most recognizable mountains in the Karakoram. Its summit reaches 7,788 meters (25,551 feet), but its extraordinary appearance comes from the immense vertical distance between its icy summit and the surrounding river valleys. From the Hunza River, Rakaposhi rises …
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 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 …
