BIAFO GLACIER TREK
Length: 22 days
Level: Strenous
Best time: July to September
Group: 3 to 8 people
Price: 3000$
Difficult trek that requires glacier crossing, harness and rope. The traverse of the Biafo and Hispar glaciers proceeds through a wilderness of rock and ice over the Hispar La and down to the meadows of Hispar.
DAY 1: We meet in the international airport of Islamabad and go to hotel.
DAY 2: Drive to Gilgit. Night in hotel.
DAY 3: Drive to Skardu. Night in hotel.
DAY 4: Skardu to Askole by jeep.
DAY 5: Trekking. Askole to Namla (6 – 8 h).
DAY 6: Trekking. Namla to Mango (5 – 6 h). -30 m
DAYS 7 and 8: Trekking. Mango to Baintha +330 m.
DAY 9: Trekking. Baintha to Napina or Marpongoro or Glacier camp (4 – 6 h).
DAY 10: Trekking. Napina or Marpongoro or Glacier camp to Hispar pass Base Camp (4 – 5 h).
DAY 11: Trekking. Climb to Hispar pass (3 – 5 h). 5151 m +350 m.
DAY 12: Trekking. Hispar pass to Khanibasa (4 – 5 h). 4500 m -650 m.
DAY 13: Trekking. Khanibasa to Yutmaru (4 – 6 h). 4300 m -200 m.
DAY 14: Trekking. Yutmaru to Shikam Baris (5 – 7 h). 4150 m -200 m.
DAY 15: Trekking. Shikam Baris to Dachigan (5 – 7 h). 3950 m -200 m.
DAY 16: Trekking. From Dachigan we cross the Kunyang glacier (5 – 7 h). 3850 m -100 m.
DAY 17: Trekking. Down to Hispar village (4 h). 3250 m -600 m.
DAY 18: Trekking. Hispar village to Huru (4 – 5 h). 2800 m -450 m.
DAY 19: By car. Huru to Nagar and Hunza.
DAY 20: By car. Hunza to Gilgit. Night in hotel.
DAY 21: By car. Gilgit to Rawalpindi or Islamabad. Night in hotel.
DAY 22: By car. Rawalpindi to International Airport of Islamabad and back home.
Please write me for more information about this trekking trip
Email: akhtar_nangaparbat@yahoo.com (Akhtar Hussain)
Whatsapp: +92 345 9160113