Pakistan

Pakistan has arguably the most impressive mountain scenery on Earth. Within its borders are more than 4,500 peaks taller than 19,000 ft. It’s home to 5 of the world’s 8,000-meter mountains. Once you arrive in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan’s northern province, you are immediately struck by the magnitude of this spectacular place.

All Photos Hunza Valley Skardu Area

Massive peaks spied from the side of the road, yet easily overlooked due to the even larger mountains in the area

Field of Dreams

Outside of Saling, farmers cultivate crops on fields with preposterous views

The rock of the Passu Cones forms itself into endless serrations and gables

Impossibly sharp spires rising into the sky above the village of Saling

Enchanted Valley

A glacial valley of magnificent beauty along the Shyok River near Khaplu

Rakaposhi, a nearly 26,000-ft tall peak, rises 19,000 feet from the surrounding landscape in an unbroken shining wall

An endless labyrinth of craggy peaks and walls form the entrance to the Hushe Valley

As seen from Shigar, huge peaks of the Karakoram guard the skies above Skardu

The colorless Passu Glacier splits and cracks into endless crevasses

6,000+ meter peaks rising through gaps in the wall of mountains below

Huge mountains wear a cloak of darkness and cloud, Khaplu

The scale of this magnificent valley only becomes apparent when viewed from high above ground level

The quaint village of Khaplu set beneath the towering Karakoram

Life Finds a Way

Every possible flat spot along the Indus River gorge has been terraced, irrigated, and settled

The spires of Tupopdan (Passu Cones) rise to over 20,000 ft, dominating the view in the area

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