Articles Tagged with: Gilgit
Ghizer
Ghizer District is northernmost part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Its capital is Gakuch. Ghizer is also a contact point between Gilgit and Chitral (which are connected via Shandur Pass). Ghizer is a multi ethnic district and three major languages are spoken. Khowar, Shina and Burushaski are spoken in Ghizer. There are also a few Wakhi speakers...
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Ishkoman Valley
Ishkoman is a high mountain valley in the Hindukush and Karakorum mountains, in the northwest region of Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Ishkoman is connected to the Yasin Valley by a high mountain pass.
The ownership of Ishkoman has changed hands several times over the years. It has been under the rule of the Mehtar of Chitral, the...
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Zagaran pass
Zagaran pass (el. 16,420 ft.) is a high mountain pass that connects Yarkhun river valley in Chitral to the Gupis valley (Gupis tehsil of Ghizer district) in Gilgit in Pakistan.
The pass is about 3 miles southwest from Bahushtar Zom peak (5704 m) and about 5 miles east-southeast from Malo Zom peak (5652 m). The border between Chitral and Northern...
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Shandur Pass
Shandur Top (el. 12,200 ft.) is a high mountain pass that connects Chitral to the Gilgit in Pakistan.
The top is flat, a plateau and can be crossed between late April and early November. The grade is very gradual, and the area is crossed by small streams of trout. Grazing in summer is plentiful.
Every year there is a polo match played...
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Mustagh Pass
The Mustagh Pass or Muztagh Pass is a pass across the Baltoro Muztagh range in the Karakorams which includes K2, the world’s second highest mountain. The crest of the Baltoro Muztagh marks the present border between Pakistani and Chinese territory.
There are actually two passes, the eastern or ‘Old’ Mustagh Pass (alt. about...
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Lowari Pass
Lowari Pass (or Lowari Top) (el. 10,230 ft.) is a high mountain pass that connects Chitral with Dir in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Lowari Top is a relatively low pass, by far the lowest pass to enter Chitral, the rest all being 12,000 to 15,000 feet.
Lowari Top is closed by snow from late November to late May every year. During...
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Kilik Pass
The ‘Kilik Pass’ (el. 4827 m./15,837 ft.), 30 km to the west of Mintaka Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakorum Mountains between Pakistan and Xinjiang in China. The two passes were, in ancient times, the two main access points into the Upper Hunza Valley (also called Gojal Valley) from the north.
It should not be confused...
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Chillinji pass
Chillinji pass (el. 17,503 ft., also marked as 17,360 ft.) is a high mountain pass that connects Karambar river valley (upper Gilgit valley) in Ishkoman tehsil of Ghizer district with Chapursan river valley (upper Hunza valley) in Gojal tehsil of Gilgit district in the Northern Areas in Pakistan. It is also spelled as Chilinji.
The pass is...
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Burzil Pass
The Burzil Pass situated at a height of 13,500ft above sea level is an ancient pass and caravan route between Srinagar in Kashmir and Gilgit. This route was active up to Pakistan’s independence. The travellers used horses and ponies to cross the pass. The pass lies close to the Indo-Pak line of control that has since closed the Burzil.
The...
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Broghol Pass
Broghol, also spelled Broghil, Boroghil and several other ways, (el. 3798 m./12,460 ft.) is a high mountain pass that crosses the Hindu Kush and connects the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan with Chitral in Pakistan.
Broghol is a relatively low pass. It was closed for about three months each winter because of snow, but for much of the rest of...
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