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Bagrote Valley — Diran, Rakaposhi & the Forested Karakoram
The Bagrote valley is the wettest, greenest drainage in CKNP — the closest the Central Karakoram comes to a true forested mountain valley. Tucked off the Karakoram Highway south-east of…
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Hunza Valley — Karimabad, Baltit Fort, Attabad & Gojal
The Hunza valley sits west of the Central Karakoram National Park along the Karakoram Highway between Gilgit and the Chinese border at Khunjerab. It is not technically inside CKNP boundaries,…
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Shigar Valley — Fort, Apricots & the Road to K2
The Shigar valley is the cultural and historical heartland of Baltistan and one of the gateways to the Central Karakoram National Park. From Skardu, a one-hour drive takes you north…
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Astore Valley — Rama Meadow, Markhor & Deosai Gateway
The Astore valley sits on the southern boundary of the Central Karakoram National Park — a transition zone between the dry alpine of the Karakoram and the wetter forested slopes…
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Hushe Valley — Masherbrum, Charakusa & the Gondogoro La
If the Baltoro is the great corridor of the western Karakoram, the Hushe valley is its quieter, more vertical mirror. Tucked into the southern flank of CKNP, the Hushe drainage…
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Research at CKNP — Pyramid Lab, Glaciology, Wildlife & Climate
The Central Karakoram has been a research site since the British Great Trigonometrical Survey first measured K2 in 1856. The science continues today: glaciology, climate, biodiversity, archaeology, and the slowly-improving…
