秘境・スノーレイク2週間120ｋｍの氷河の果てに

2005/07/10 - 2005/07/30

秘境・スノーレイク2週間120ｋｍの氷河の果てに

Day 01 Islamabad
Arrive Islamabad and transfer to hotel for overnight.

Day 02 Skardu/ Chilas
a) Fly to Skardu PK-451 (09:00 – 10:00). (Flight is subject to weather) Upon arrival transfer to hotel for overnight.
b) In case of cancellation of flight (10-12 hours) drive by coach to Chilas (480 km) on Karakoram Highway. Overnight at hotel

Day 03 Chilas/Skardu
a) Day free at Skardu
b) If your are driving, complete road journey (07–08 hours) to Skardu (275 km) En-route have good view of Nanga Parbat (8125m) at junction of Indus river and the rapids and fall of Indus river. Overnight at hotel

Day 04 Askole: (3000m)
By jeeps drive to Askole (8-9 hours). The last village of about 50 houses. The villagers grow their own cereals, vegetable and fruit and own large herds of sheep’s, goats, yaks and dzos. Overnight in tent

Day 05 Namla: (3400m)
6-7 hours walk providing panoramic views down on to the boulder strewn Biafo Glacier stretching Northwest. Campsite is a flatfish place beside a side stream with willow bushes. Overnight in tent.

Day 06 Mango: (3650m)
5-6 hours A gentle climb for a couple of hours on unstable boulders with view of Latoks Peaks ahead then cross the crevasses to the green campsite at a side stream with grass and willow bushes. Overnight in tent.

Day 07 Baintha: (4020m)
5-6 hours, first walk along the valley than heading out across the lateral crevasse to the smooth White Center of the Biafo glacier. Baintha is also known as Conway’s camp as Sir. W.Martin Conway campeo here n 1892. Baintha is a grassy area with clear stream flowing through deans willow shrubs surrounded by flowers. Overnight in tent.

Day 08 Napina: (4410m)
4-5 hours gentle ascends along the Ablation valley and then crossing over crevasses out to the easy white ice. A green camp with fresh water. It is also known as Marpogoro. Overnight in tent.

Day 09 Karpogoro: (4680m)
4-5 hours constant breezing makes the ascent colder and more thrilling. The glacier broadens as the Sim and Biafo glacier meet. Ascent is gradual. Measurements here show the ice to be almost 1.5-km in depth. Therefore, gaiters are needed and rope is mandatory. Camp at the eastern margin of the glacier, where the Sim and Biafo glaciers meet. It is guarded by a crevasse field and must be approached carefully. Overnight in tent.

Day 10 Hispar B.C: (4770m)
4-5 hours walks on snow (covered ice) with danger of crevasses. Cross intersection with Sim Gang Glacier and Snow Lake (Lukpe Lawo) with one and half km thick ice flowing at bout 300m a year. Camp at snow. Overnight in tent.

Day 11 Snow Lake (Lukpe Lawo): (4770m)
Day free to optionally exploration of Snow Lake. Snow Lake was first explored in 1892 by W Martin Conway, who estimated the area at 777 square km. This was than confirmed by Eric Shipton who visited in 1937 but he measured it 700 square km. Overnight in tent.

Day 12 Hispar Pass: (5151m)
4-5 hours start very early in the morning for a steady climb (20-30 degree) to the top of Hispar Pass. The route wends gently up the center with giant crevasses. The top provides spectacular views on all sides. Camp on the wide flat top of the pass. Overnight in tent.

Day 13 KhaniBasa: (4580 m)
5-6 hours descend with hidden crevasses, on boulders, scree and moraine, near to the junction of KhaniBasa Glacier. The Hispar glacier side of the pass is more crevassed than the Biafo side. Have a view oh Kanjut Sar (7760m), the 29th highest peak of the world at the head of the KhaniBasa glacier. Overnight in tent.

Day 14 Traditional rest day for local explorations. Overnight in tent.

Day 15 Yutmaru Glacier: (4350m)
5-6 hours traverse KhaniBasa glacier relatively easy going with fine views of Kanjut Sar (7760). Camp near Yutmaru glacier in a flat sheltered field. Overnight in tent.



Day 16 Dachigan: (4050m)
5-6 hours hard walk of boulder hopping, with last views of Hispar Pass top, from the middle of Hispar Glacier. Continue to the north where Ablation valley widens into a sheltered grassy pasture. Overnight in tent.

Day 17 Hispar Village: (3000m)
5-6 hours easy cross of Kunyang glacier and continue on a gentle walk to Hispar Village after crossing Hispar River on a wire pulley. Small village of about 120 houses with school, small clinic and a wooden mosque. Overnight in tent.

Day 18 Huru: (2950m) / Hunza (2600m)
5-6 hours last day of the trekking to Huru through irrigated fields to the footbridge cross to the north and continue down through the hot Hispar Gorge to Tarkitang Das. A further lone Shepherds Hut perched on a shelf 150m above the river with walnut, apricot, mulberry trees and field of potatoes and wheat. Jeep drives to Hunza and transfer to hotel for overnight.

Day 19 Drive to Besham. (10 – 12 hours)
Drive 445km to Besham on Karakorum Highway along the Indus, which divides the Karakorum and Himalayas as it enters Pakistan at a place called Marol in Baltistan. We will follow the West Bank of Indus to Besham (altitude 850 m) a small transit village fast becoming a town. It is at Junction of Swat valley. A road goes west via scenic Shangla pass into the Swat valley. O/N hotel.

Day 20 Besham – Taxila – Islamabad (275 km in about 7-8 hrs)
Morning drive on KKH to Islamabad. En-route visit Taxila, 40 km north of Islamabad. Taxila ranks among the great archaeological finds of the world. Conquered by Alexander the Great in 327 BC, it progressed under the Mauryans and the Great Kushans and became a learning centre. Destroyed by the White Huns it finally fell to the first great Muslim conqueror, Mahmud of Ghazni in 1000 AD.
We will leave the Indus River at Thakot by crossing a bridge and continue through Chatter plains, Mansehra and Abbotabad.

Upon arrival transfer to hotel for overnight.

Day 21 Fly out
Transfer to airport for fly home.

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