K2 Base Camp Trek
Highlights
- Views of K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum peaks, Laila Peak, Chogosila from the Gondogoro Pass
- Walking in Concordia and the Baltoro Glacier
- One of the world`s top 5 trekking adventures
- Experience the picturesque Hushe Valley in Pakistan
- Trek up to Godwin Austin glacier via Baltoro Glacier (5th longest and world’s largest outside the polar region)
- View 8,000 m peaks including Broad Peak (8,051 m) and K2 (8,611 m) from Goro II, Concordia & base camps.
- Views of other peaks between 5,000m to 8,000m including Gasherbrum-III and IV, Masherbrum Peak, Mustagh Tower, Mitre Peak, and Crystal Peak
- Views of Glaciers (e.g. Biafo, Vigne, Liligo, Dunge, Muztagh, Biango, Mandu, Khalkal and more), glacial lakes and streams
K2 Base Camp Trek gives great views of four 8,000m peaks and is thought by many to be one of the best high mountain treks in the world. Some of the wildest and most dramatic landscapes on earth are found in the vast, rugged Karakoram Range situated in Northern Pakistan. Remote and spectacular, the icy peaks and vast Glaciers of the Karakoram offer unparalleled opportunities for adventurous trekking. The 62km long Baltoro Glacier is Pakistan’s number one trekking destination. Seven of the world’s twenty-five highest peaks rise above this glacier, while the lower reaches are surrounded by some of the world’s highest granite walls and spires
K2 Base Camp and Gondogoro La Trek gives great views of four 8,000m peaks and is thought by many to be one of the best high mountain treks in the world. Some of the wildest and most dramatic landscapes on earth are found in the vast, rugged Karakoram Range situated in Northern Pakistan. Remote and spectacular, the icy peaks and vast Glaciers of the Karakoram offer unparalleled opportunities for adventurous trekking. The 62km long Baltoro Glacier is Pakistan’s number one trekking destination. Seven of the world’s twenty-five highest peaks rise above this glacier, while the lower reaches are surrounded by some of the world’s highest granite walls and spires.
K2 Base Camp and Concordia Trek the Baltoro Glacier meets the Vigne and Godwin-Austen glaciers at the huge natural amphitheatre of Concordia. This is one of the most spectacular mountain campsites in the world. The huge pyramid of K2 only 10km distant dominates the view and creates a very special atmosphere. Our programme allows three days in the upper reaches of the Baltoro Glacier to savour the majesty of this unique place. The highest point reached on this trek is the 5,650m summit of the Gondogoro La. This is a challenging and technical route, which links the high glacial basin of the upper Baltoro with the green Hushe Valley to the south. The view from the summit is one of the most overwhelming mountain panoramas in the world, with four of the Karakoram 8,000m peaks close at hand. gives great views of four 8,000m peaks and is thought by many to be one of the best high mountain treks in the world. Some of the wildest and most dramatic landscapes on earth are found in the vast, rugged Karakoram Range situated in Northern Pakistan.
Snow Lake Biafo Hispar Trekighlights
- The crossing of Hisper La 5151m
- Hisper Pass is one of the longest glacial systems outside the polar regions. This highway of ice connects two ancient mountain kingdoms; Hunza in west with Baltistan in the east
- Walking on Biafo and Hisper Glacier
- One of the world`s top 5 trekking adventures
- Trek up to Biafo Glacier (Longest and world’s largest outside the polar region)
- Views of peaks between 5,000m to 7,000m Peaks
Biafo Hisper trek starts from Skardu- Askoli, which lies on the right bank of Biafo Glacier. Biafo Glacier 68 Kilometers on the Karakorum Range, south of Baltoro glacier leads to Hisper glacier, which is a strenuous trek for strong trekkers, which crosses peaks in the range of 5500m to 7300 meters. The famous snow lake is lying on 500 meters behind the pass, the best place for skiers. And small peak climbers, after crossing Hisper La at an altitude of 5151 meters, getting on the other side of Hisper glacier. Which gives a beautiful panoramic view of Mountains around Hisper, glacier. We cross the summer pastures and we get into Hisper village; from there we meet the Jeeps- drive to, Karimabad.
| Name of Peak | Trango Tower | Location: | Karakorum- Baltoro- Skardu |
| Elevation: | 6,286-M (20,623ft) | Best Period: | June – August |
| Duration: | 40 Days | First Ascent: | 1977 |
| Base Camp height | 4100-M | Range: |
The Trango Towers are a group of dramatic granite spires located on the north side of the Baltoro Glacier, in Baltistan, a district of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. They are part of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakorum Range. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world. The highest point in the group is the summit of Great Trango Tower, 6,286 m (20,608 ft). (Note: all elevations in this article are subject to significant uncertainty: it is not clear if they have ever been determined precisely, and sources vary.) The east face of the Great Trango Tower features the world’s greatest nearly vertical drop.
Muztagh Ata Expedition
| Name of Peak | Muztagh Ata | Location: | Xinjiang China |
| Elevation: | 7545M (24636ft) | Range | Pamir |
| Duration: | 30 Days | First Ascent: | 1956 |
| Ranked: | 43rd | Best Period: | June – August |
Muztagh Ata Expedition 7545m lies just south of Kongur Tagh, the highest peak of the Kunlun Shan, together they form a somewhat isolated group, separated from the main chain of the Kunlun, and also separate from the Pamir Mountains to the west. (Both peaks are sometimes regarded as being in the “Chinese Pamir”, and are more closely connected to the main Pamir group than the main Kunlun group.) Not far to the north and east of this group are the lowlands of the Tarim Basin and the Taklamakan Desert. The Karakorum Highway passes very close to both peaks.
| Name of Peak | Gasherbrum-I | Location: | Karakorum- Baltoro- Skardu |
| Other names: | Hidden Peak, K5 | Latitude: | 35°– 43 N |
| Elevation: | 8068-M (26,509ft) | Longitude: | 76° – 42 E |
| Ranked: | 11th (3rd in Pakistan) | Best Period: | June – August |
| Base Camp height | 5100-M | First Ascent: | 5 July 1958 |
Gasherbrum I Expeditions (also known as Hidden Peak or K5) is the 11th highest peak on Earth, located on the border of China-Pakistan. Gasherbrum-I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakorum region of the Himalaya. Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean “Shining Wall”, presumably a reference to the highly visible face of the neighboring peak Gasherbrum IV; but in fact, it comes from “rgasha” (beautiful) + “brum” (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means “beautiful mountain.”
| Name of Peak | K2 | Location: | Karakorum- Baltoro- Skardu |
| Other names: | Chogori and Mount Goldwin Austen | Latitude: | 35°– 53 N |
| Elevation: | 8,611-M (28,251ft) | Longitude: | 76° – 31 E |
| Ranked: | 2nd (1st in Pakistan) | Best Period: | June – August |
| Base Camp height | 5135-M | First Ascent: | 31 July 1954 |
K2 expedition, K2 (8611m) is the second-highest mountain on Earth. It is located in the Karakorum segment of the Himalayan range, on the border between the Gilgit- Baltistan region of Pakistan administered Northern Areas and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. However, those who climb K2 8611m must acquire entry via Pakistan as the Chinese side is inaccessible.
| Name of Peak: | Lady Finger | Location: | Karakorum- Hunza |
| Elevation: | 6,000-M (20,000ft) | Best Period: | June – August |
| Duration: | 22 Days | First Ascent: | 1982 |
Lady Finger or Bublimotin, Bubli Motin, Bublimating is a distinctive rock spire in the Batura Muztagh, the westernmost subrange of the Karakorum Range in Pakistan.
It lies on the southwest ridge of the Ultar SAR massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh.The whole massif rises precipitously above the Hunza Valley to the southeast. Bublimotin, while having little prominence above the saddle with nearby Hunza
Peak, is particularly notable for being a sharp, relatively snow-less rock spire among snow peaks. This, combined with its height above the valley, makes it quite eye-catching; hence the distinctive name. It provides a 600m (1830 ft) rock climb (with a very serious alpine approach) and has been the scene of some notable paragliding.
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