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Adventure in Gilgit-Baltistan
Five of the world's fourteen 8,000 m peaks, 13,032 glaciers, white-water rivers, ski slopes and desert dunes: one of the world's most underrated adventure countries, from Cholistan in the south to Gondogoro La at 5,585 m in the north.
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Gilgit-Baltistan
Adventure in Gilgit-Baltistan
River rapids, ski runs, paragliding, big-wall climbing, jeep tracks, and high-altitude thrills
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Pissan Natural Cricket Stadium
A cricket ground on a meadow at 8,500 ft in Pissan, Nagar, below Rakaposhi and Diran.
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K2
The world's second-highest mountain and a core expedition identity for northern Pakistan.
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Nanga Parbat
One of Pakistan's major eight-thousanders, commonly approached through Fairy Meadows.
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Broad Peak
The world's 12th-highest mountain at 8,051 m, climbed from Concordia alongside K2 and sharing the same base camp approach.
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Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak)
The world's 11th-highest peak at 8,080 m, named Hidden Peak for the way it conceals itself behind lower ridges until the final glacier approach.
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Gasherbrum II
At 8,035 m the world's 13th-highest mountain, one of the most frequently climbed 8,000 m peaks, sharing base camp with Gasherbrum I near Concordia.
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Rakaposhi
A 7,788 m colossus in Nagar, one of Pakistan's most photogenic mountains, dominating the Karakoram Highway skyline between Gilgit and Hunza for over 40 km of road.
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Gasherbrum IV
At 7,925 m, its near-vertical West Face, the Shining Wall, is considered one of the greatest technical challenges in high-altitude mountaineering.
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Masherbrum (K1)
The original K1 at 7,821 m, a massive pyramid guarding the Hushe Valley with one of the most dramatic approach marches of any Karakoram peak.
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Distaghil Sar
At 7,885 m the highest peak in the Shimshal region, approached through the remote Shimshal Valley and regarded as one of the most technically demanding 7,000 m objectives.
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Ultar Sar
The 7,388 m peak directly above Karimabad, one of the most dramatic unclimbed faces in the Karakoram, visible from every terrace in Hunza.
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Spantik (Golden Peak)
At 7,027 m known as Golden Peak for its glowing granite face, approached via Snow Lake and considered an ideal high-altitude trekking and acclimatisation climb.
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Muztagh Tower
A 7,273 m rock tower above the Baltoro Glacier, its sharp pyramid silhouette is one of the most photographed mountain forms on the K2 approach.
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Trango Towers
Rock towers above the Baltoro Glacier, the Great Trango Tower's 1,340 m vertical face is the largest near-vertical cliff on Earth, a defining objective for big-wall climbers.
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Laila Peak
A near-perfect 6,096 m pyramid in the Hushe Valley, widely described as one of the most beautiful mountains in Pakistan and a serious technical climbing objective.
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Charakusa Valley
A secret valley above Hushe containing K6 (7,040 m), K7 (6,934 m), and a gallery of granite spires, one of the most technically exciting climbing areas in the Karakoram.
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Passu Cones
Cathedral spires of dark rock rising sharply above Passu village on the KKH, the most striking roadside mountain vista in Pakistan.
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Baltoro Glacier
A 62 km river of ice cutting through the Karakoram, the approach corridor to K2, Broad Peak, and the Gasherbrum peaks, and one of the most spectacular glacier treks on Earth.
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Batura Glacier
One of the world's longest glaciers outside polar regions at 57 km, flowing from the Batura Wall above Passu with a dramatic snout visible from the Karakoram Highway.
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Passu Glacier
A spectacularly accessible glacier near Passu village, a half-day walk takes visitors onto the ice with views of Passu Cones and the Karakoram peaks above.
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Snow Lake (Lukpe Lawo)
One of the largest glaciated basins outside polar regions, the remote Lukpe Lawo plateau connects the Hispar and Biafo glaciers in a demanding 10-14-day high-altitude traverse few trekkers have completed.
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Gondogoro La
A 5,585 m high-altitude crossing that closes the K2 base camp loop, one of the most demanding and rewarding trekking passes in the Karakoram, requiring fixed ropes and crampons.
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Shimshal Valley
Pakistan's highest permanent settlement at 3,100 m, a remote Wakhi village accessible via a dramatic gorge road, surrounded by Marco Polo sheep habitat and some of the wildest Karakoram terrain.
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Karambar Lake
One of the highest lakes in the world at 4,275 m in the Ishkoman Valley, a cold, blue alpine lake surrounded by 6,000 m peaks near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
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Passu & Gulmit
Twin Gojal villages on the upper Karakoram Highway, gateway to Passu Cones, Passu and Batura glaciers, and multi-day treks into the Shimshal and Chapursan valleys.
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Askole
The last permanent village before the Baltoro Glacier at 3,015 m, the obligatory start point for all K2, Gasherbrum, Broad Peak, and Concordia expeditions.
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Hussaini Suspension Bridge
A 194-metre rope-and-plank footbridge over the Hunza River in Gojal, rebuilt after the 2010 Attabad landslide and one of the most photographed crossings in the north.
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Chapursan Valley
Chapursan, the Wakhi valley of upper Hunza near the Afghan and Chinese borders: some eight scattered villages beneath the high mountains.
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