Wednesday, February 26, 2014

BIAFO to HISPAR TREK

Introduction:

This trek will take you through the Shigar valley up to the last settlement of the Karakuram, Askoli. The trek starts from the Askoli Village and we follow some stages of Baltoro trek to the Biafo Glacier. This is one of most strenuous trek & here is the meeting place of greatest mountain glaciers in Asia. The interconnected Biafo & Hispar glaciers form the longest glacial system in the world outside the polar area and combined length is about 116 kilometres. It is also linking the Baltistan and Hunza Valley and cutting through the Karakuram Range. The climax of this trek (Hisper Pass) 5150m at the conjunction of the Biafo & Hisper Glacier offers incredible view peaks & glacier valleys. also possible to climb below 6000m peaks in this area.

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