The white wall
Above the valley.
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Rakaposhi is a snow-covered mountain in the Karakoram, rising above the Nagar and Hunza valleys and seen from the road and villages as a vast white wall. Its Burushaski name means «shining wall», and it is also called Dumani, «mother of mist». It stands about 100 km north of Gilgit and is the 27th highest mountain in the world. It runs almost 20 km from east to west and is the only peak on Earth that drops almost 6,000 m from summit to base without a break. On the north it rises 5,900 m within just 11.2 km of the Hunza River. It was first climbed in 1958, and the people of Nagar and Bagrot have made its area a community park. Most visitors stop at the Rakaposhi viewpoint on the Karakoram Highway, and some hike to the base camp through the valley; the summit is loveliest at sunrise and sunset. The summit is about 24 km in a straight line southwest of Hunza. Only go onto the mountain with a guide and proper gear.
Above the valley.
On the summit.
Through the valley.
Nagar Valley, near the Karakoram Highway, Gilgit-Baltistan
From the viewpoint on the Karakoram Highway.
May to October.