Sheosar / Gilgit-Baltistan
The Karakoram Highway
533 kilometres
The N-35 climbs from a gorge at 760 m to Khunjerab Pass at 4,693 m — past Nanga
Parbat, under Rakaposhi, through Hunza.
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Nanga Parbat 8,126 m
Khunjerab Pass 4,693 m
Steepest grade 12%
Journeys
Four ways up the valley
Every itinerary runs on the highway you can see out there.
Hunza & Attabad 7 days
Karimabad forts, Attabad Lake, Rakaposhi from the roadside.
To the Chinese border 10 days
The full N-35 to the highest paved border crossing on earth.
Fairy Meadows 6 days
Raikot Bridge, the jeep track, and Nanga Parbat base camp.
Deosai & Skardu 9 days
Sheosar Lake, the Katpana cold desert, and the high plateau.
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