Five Eight Thousand Meter Peaks Trek

Arrival in Islamabad early in the morning and then the onward flight to Skardu, the mountaineering center of the Karakoram (approx. 60 min). When the weather is clear, you can already see Nanga Parbat (8,125 m), the “mountain of fate of the Germans”, K2, the Karakoram Highway far below, and the Indus River from the airplane window. Once you arrive at Skardu airport, you will be picked up and taken to the hotel. The rest of the day can be used as free time. Overnight stay in the hotel

After breakfast you take a walk through the Narrow Bazar of Skardu, visit the historical fortress “Kharpocho Fort” and in the afternoon you take a short hike to the turquoise blue one Satpara Lake.

Overnight stay Hotel

You leave Skardu on the asphalt road to the east. You have an adventurous jeep ride (6-7 hours) through wild gorges and over a small pass, further through the Shigar Valley to Askole. At the end of the road in the small village of Askole you set up your first camp (3,020 m). Overnight stay in tent.

Today your 6-day trekking tour to Concordia Platz begins (elevation difference approx. 1,600 m). First you walk left along the Baltoro River through the village of Askole, the last settlement on this route. The route initially runs in a very green valley and keeps you a little in suspense. Countless moraines and side glaciers that supply the Baltoro Glacier with ice always require new detours and new decisions. The only thing that is constant is the change between block fields and moraines. Before you reach Camp Jola (3,218 m), you walk past the glacier tongue of the huge Biafo glacier (lunch also takes place here at Camp Korophon) and walk into a left side valley over lots of sand. After a total of around 8 hours including breaks, you will reach the camp with fixed toilets and sinks. The camp is located directly opposite the very impressive Bakhur Das (5,809 m). Walking time approx. 7 hours / overnight stay in tent

Note: Since 2021 there is now also a gravel road to Jola. Lt. According to our local partner, the road may be closed again because the locals are strictly against the road. If the road remains open, we drive to Jola and then have one

More day either as a reserve day or one more day, for example at Concordia Camp or Broad Peak Camp (in consultation with the guide).

The first day of trekking starts early in the morning around 7:30 a.m. First we head out of the valley again. After about 4 hours you reach the lunch point, Camp Bardumal (3,295 m), via sandy ground. Then it’s another 3 hours to the camp in Paju (3,407 m). On the way you have to hop and jump across the meltwater of Paju Peak (6,610 m). In the east, Gasherbrum 4, Trango Tower, Cathedral Peak and Broad Peak dominate. Camp Paju is beautifully nestled in the middle of a small oasis with meadows, birches and poplars. Walking time approx. 7-8 hours / overnight in tent

Free day in Paiju, because the porters have always used the day to bake bread as provisions for the coming trekking days. Dancing around the evening campfire to the rhythmic drum sounds of the Baltis is almost like a ritual. Overnight stay in tent.

After the early start you will reach the Baltoro glacier after about 1 hour. Now it goes in constant ups and downs over the Baltoro glacier, which is laden with a lot of rubble, rock and sand, to Khorburtse (3,816 m). On the left you will constantly see the Trango Towers and Cathedral Peak. You now also have a great, clear view of the Uli Biaho Peak (6,417 m). The scenery of the surrounding granite mountains and needles becomes more and more bizarre and you walk along this skyline as if in a trance. Pure walking time: approx. 6-7 hours / overnight stay in tent.

Today there is only a comparatively short hike on the program. It goes in two sections over the glacier with “dead ice” (glacier laden with rubble) and otherwise along the edge of the glacier to Camp Urdukas (4,168 m), a beautiful, green campsite, which is like a viewing platform on the right edge of the glacier. This is also the campsite on solid ground, as afterwards you only spend the night directly on the glacier ice. Here you can rest in the afternoon and enjoy the tremendous panorama of the rock towers Paju, Trango Tower, Nameless Tower, Cathedral and Lobsang. Walking time approx. 3-4 hours / overnight stay in tent

You return to the central moraine of the glacier. It goes past white icebergs, small streams that shimmer magnificently in the blue ice and gigantic stones that grow like mushrooms out of the landscape on ice plateaus. After about 3.5 hours you will reach the Gore 1 rest area (Bianco Camp) for lunch. After another 2 hours you will arrive at the day’s destination Gore 2 on the glacier. On the way, if the weather is good, you will have a fantastic view of the entire Gasherbrum massif and the Urdukas peaks, as well as the huge Masherbrum (7,806 m) to your right. The camp is located at 4,319 m. Walking time approx. 6 hours / overnight stay in tent.

After approx. 5.5 hours including breaks you will reach Concordia Platz (4,575 m), in the center of the Karakoram. Five glacial streams meet here and within a radius of 15 km there are 41 peaks over 6,500. Most are still unclimbed and nameless. Fantastic granite towers, ice and rock formations invite you to endlessly marvel. Clockwise are K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum 4, Baltoro Kangri, Kondus, Snow Dome, Vigne Peaks, Miter, Paju, Crystal Peak, Marble and Angel Peak. Pure walking time approx. 5 hours / overnight stay in tent

Now we head towards Broad Peak and K2, which you always have in front of you. You hike on the lateral moraine of the Godwin Austen Glacier. Soon, after about 7 hours, you will reach the base camp of K2 (4,980 m). Here you will set up your quarters for the next night directly below the mighty rock and ice pyramid. The snow-capped Chogolisa (Bride Peak), now emerging to the south behind the Vigne Peaks, is your constant companion. In the afternoon, take a short tour of the base camp and, with a bit of luck, you can watch extreme mountaineers as they prepare. This dangerous and feared mountain is rising violently. An eight-thousander you can touch! Walking time approx. 7 hours / overnight stay in tent

After a leisurely breakfast on the mountain of mountains, it’s time to slowly say goodbye. But before that, you have the option of taking a detour to the nearby Memorial/K2 cemetery. Then you hike for about 5 hours via the Broad Peak base camp on the central moraine back to Concordia Platz. Walking time approx. 5 hours / overnight in tent

You leave the magnificent 360° Concordia panoramic viewpoint and hike along the moraine of the Baltoro glacier towards Gasherbrum base camp. Since we’re still reeling from the previous day, we halve the stage to 2 days and set up camp at the foot of the Chogolisa (4,750 m). The camp is located at the foot of the mighty Chogolisa massif (7,668 m).

The mountain achieved worldwide fame through the “almost ascent” by Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl in 1957 (a few days earlier both had also been the first people to climb Broad Peak), when they turned back about 300m below the summit in bad weather and Unfortunately Buhl then fell into the north face while descending a snow bank. But the Baltoro-Kangri group also makes mountaineers’ hearts beat faster.

Walking time approx. 4-5 hours / overnight in tent

Today the path leads a short distance along the upper Baltoro glacier, which then collides with the

Abruzzi glacier. From here you get to the breathtaking Gasherum cauldron. The entire loop from left to right you can see the mountain peaks of the Gasherbrum chain (GVI, GV, GIII, GII, Gasherbrum-La (pass), GI, Urdok-Kangri group) – amazing!

Walking time approx. 4 hours / overnight stay in tent

Enjoy your time in the tent camp on the moraine of the Abruzzi glacier today. The dream landscape with the two towering ice pyramids of Gasherbrum I (Hiddenpeak) and Gasherbrum II is simply magnificent. However, the many 7000m peaks are no less spectacular: Baltoro Kangri, Sia Kangri, Chogolisa and Gasherbrum VI.

In 1984, the then mountaineering dream couple Reinhold Messer and Peter Habeler managed the first alpine-style ascent of the G1 without porters, oxygen and fixed high camps. A sensation at the time! In 1984, Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander even managed to cross the two mountains twice on new routes. Overnight stay in tent.

After this experience in the “Gasherbrum Cauldron”, today we comfortably walk back to Concordia Platz on the original route. Walking time approx. 7-8 hours / overnight in tent

Unfortunately, it’s now time to say goodbye to the big mountains. From Concordia Square we head back over the rubble-laden glacier to Gore 2 Camp. Even if you have already hiked up the route, you can now discover the mountains in the opposite direction. Walking time approx. 4-5 hours / overnight stay in tent

You continue the hike over the “Toteis Glacier (glacier that is laden with rubble) and you will be enchanted by it Great landscape. As the altitude decreases it slowly becomes warmer and the air becomes richer in oxygen. On the way you stop at the campsite in Urdukas, where you take a break and have lunch on one of the terraces. After your lunch break you continue steadily downhill until you reach the camp Reach Khubertse (approx. 4,050 m). Overnight stay in tent. Walking time 6-7 hours / overnight stay in tent.

Today you hike to the end of the glacier tongue and shortly afterwards the town of Paiyu emerges Here you have a long rest and lunch. Then you go to the next camp Mongon (approx. 3,450 m). Walking time approx. 5-6 hours / overnight stay in tent.

Korofung The penultimate day of trekking starts with breakfast. It gets warmer with every step and you will soon reach Camp Jhola. After a rest break, you continue your hike and reach Korofung after about 4-

5 hours. Walking time approx. 4-5 hours / overnight stay in tent

After approx. 2-3 hours of hiking you will reach the starting point of the Askole trek (3,020 m). After saying goodbye to the team, the four-wheel drive vehicles are loaded again and the return journey takes place in jeeps to Skardu and thus a return to civilization. In the late afternoon you reach Skardu (2,280

m). Now you have one last time to stroll through the town and buy a souvenir. You are also welcome to simply relax in the hotel. Walking time approx. 2-3 hours / travel time approx. 6 hours by jeep / overnight hotel

Today we travel adventurously by vehicle along the Indus River on the Skardu Road towards the Karakoram Highway. You will have the opportunity to take photos along the way. Once on the highway, stop at the monument to the meeting of the region’s three major mountain ranges: Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalayas. The journey then continues to Raikhot Bridge (approx. 1,300 m) and then up to the small village of Tato (2,200 m). From here we continue on foot. After about 2-3 hours of leisurely hiking, you will reach this wonderful spot of earth at about 3,350 meters. Enjoy the magnificent view from the flower meadow of Nanga Parbat and the huge Raikhot Glacier. Here, German expedition history in particular comes to life again. There are dramatic events surrounding the eight thousandmeter peak that have earned Nanga Parbat the nickname “The German Mountain of Fate”. After a rest, we continue for about 1.5 hours towards the north side of Nanga Parbat and along the Raikhot Glacier to Bayal (3,550 m), another beautiful place with log cabins. Travel time approx. 4 hours / walking time approx. 4 hours / overnight stay in simple log cabins in Bayal.

Today you can simply relax in the fantastic scenery and enjoy the panorama or you can go on a trip with your guide to the Nanga Parbat “Memorial” and base camp (approx. 4,000 m and 4-5 h for there and back). From here, Hermann Buhl famously climbed Nanga Parbat for the first time in 1953. Overnight stay in simple log cabins in Bayal / Walking time: approx. 4-5 hours

Today everyone descends together back to the fairytale meadow. We recommend that you organize your return journey so that you climb up the mountain slope to the left of Bayal (up to approx. 4,000 m) and from there you can enjoy another magnificent view of Nanga Parbat. When you arrive at the fairytale meadow, you have the rest of the day at your leisure. Overnight stay in simple log cabins on the Märchenwiese / Walking time: on the normal route approx. 2 hours (over the mountain slope approx. 4 hours).

After breakfast, we will trek back to Tato from there we will decent with jeeps to KKH and dtive further towards Naran over the Babusar pass. Overnight at Hotel.

Today we will drive towards the well-developed cities of the country. On our way if time allows us we will, Taxila museum and sites, which is an archaeological location dated from (600 BC to 500 AD) are located around Taxila Museum. For over one Thousand-year Taxila remained famous as a center of learning Gandhara art of sculpture, architecture, education, and Buddhism in the days of Buddhist glory. Later we will drive to Islamabad. Overnight at Islamabad Hotel.

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