Passu Glacier Gojal (upper Hunza)

Introduction:

Passu Glacier The village owns the grazing rights up the north side of the 56 kilometres long Batura Glacier, so is able to support large herds of yaks, cattle, sheep and goats, but is less fortunate with its agricultural land. About five kilometres further on you round a corner to find Passu Glacier straight ahead. It is white and shining and deeply creased, and looks exactly what you expect a glacier to look like, most other glaciers in the area are covered in rocks and gravel. Above the glacier to the left the jagged line of the Passu and Batura peaks, seven of them over 7,500 metres. Some of these peaks are still unclimbed and are referred to by number, not name, on the map.