• Trek Reference:                  EKK/KK-03
• Grade:                                      C(D)
• Duration of Trek                22 Days
• Camping Days:                   12
• Glaciers:                                Biafo, Hispar
• Mountain Range:              Karakuram
• Season:                                 June to September
• Maximum Elevation:    5151-M

Truly one of the most remote treks in the mountains. You do not expect to see many people in this remote wilderness. Here you have a true rendezvous with nature in its purest form. For the first forty years of this century explores believed that snow lake was an ice-cap, from which glaciers flow in all directions. Its size was estimated at 777 sq. Kilometers. The current estimated size of snow lake is 77 sq. Km. The name snow lake was given by martin conway in 1892, who has given dramatic account of this place in his book ‘climbing expeditions in karakoram – himalayas’. Eric shipton in 1937 had estimated the present size of snow lake.

As we trek up to this other-worldly place we enter a remarkable wilderness of ice, rock and sky – occasionally intercepted by small ablation valleys filled with numerous wild flowers. We undertake a 122 km walk on biafo & hispar glaciers, and explore the incredible wilderness of snow lake situated between the two glaciers. As we finish our trek we descend down to hunza valley and travel overland on karakoram highway to islamabad.

 Itinerary:

• Day    01      Arrive Islamabad, Transfer To Hotel.
• Day    02      Fly/Drive To Skardu
• Day    03      Skardu
• Day    04      Drive By Jeeps To Askole
• Day    05      Askole / Namla
• Day    06      Namla / Mango
• Day    07      Mango / Baintha
• Day    08      Free Day To Aid acclimatisation at Baintha.
• Day    09      Baintha / Shuifang
• Day    10      Shuifang / Snow Lake
• Day    11      Rest Day At Snow Lake.
• Day    12      Trek To Hispar Pass Base, Overnight Camping.
• Day    13      Climbing Up The Hispar La (5151 M) / Khani Bhassa.
• Day    14      Khani Bhassa / Hargutaw, Overnight In Camp.
• Day    15      Hargutaw / Bitanmal, Overnight In Camp.
• Day    16      Bitanmal / Hispar Village (Nagar), Overnight In Camp.
• Day    17      Trek To Horo,  Jeep Drive To Karimabad, Transfer To Hotel.
• Day    18      Free Day In Karimabad, Hotel.
• Day    19      Morning Karimabad, Afternoon Drive To Gilgit, Hotel.
• Day    20      Fly / Drive  To Islamabad
• Day    21      Islamabad
• Day    22      Flight to onward destination.