The Trango Towers are a group of dramatic granite spires located on the north side of the Baltoro Glacier in Baltistan, a district of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan (formerly Northern Areas). They are part of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world. The highest point in the group is the summit of Great Trango Tower at 6,286 m (20,608 ft). The east face of the Great Trango Tower features the world’s greatest nearly vertical drop.
All of the Trango Towers lie on a ridge, trending northwest-southeast, between the Trango Glacier on the west and the Dunge Glacier on the east. Great Trango itself is a large massif, with four identifiable summits: Main (6,286 m), South or Southwest (circa 6,250 m), East (6,231 m), and West (6,223 m). It is a complex combination of steep snow/ice gullies, steeper rock faces, and vertical to overhanging headwalls, topped by a snowy ridge system.
Just northwest of Great Trango is the Trango Tower (6,239 m), often called “Nameless Tower”. This is a very large, pointed, rather symmetrical spire which juts 1000 m out of the ridgeline. North of Trango Tower is a smaller rock spire known as “Trango Monk.” To the north of this feature, the ridge becomes less rocky and loses the large granite walls that distinguish the Trango Towers group and make them so attractive to climbers; however, the summits do get higher. These summits are not usually considered part of the Trango Towers group, though they share the Trango name. Trango II (6,327 m) lies northwest of the Monk, and the highest summit on the ridge, Trango Ri (6,363 m), lies northwest of Trango II.
Just southeast of Great Trango (really a part of its southeast ridge) is the Trango Pulpit(6,050m), whose walls present similar climbing challenges to those of Great Trango itself. Further to the south is Trango Castle (5,753 m), the last large peak along the ridge before the Baltoro Glacier.
Overall, the Trango Towers group has seen some of the most difficult and significant climbs ever accomplished, due to the combination of altitude, a total height of the routes, and the steepness of the rock. All of the routes are highly technical climbs.
Great Trango was first climbed in 1977 by Galen Rowell, John Roskelley, Kim Schmitz, Jim Morrissey and Dennis Hennek by a route which started from the west side (Trango Glacier) and climbed a combination of ice ramps and gullies with rock faces, finishing on the upper South Face.
Day 01: ✈ ISLAMABAD: Arrival at Islamabad.
Day 02: ISLAMABAD: Welcome reception or Briefing at Ministry of Tourism.
Day 03: ISLAMABAD – CHLIAS: Fly to Skardu or drive to Chilas
Day 04: SKARDU OR CHILAS – SKARDU (2500m): Day free at Skardu or drive to Skardu
Day 05: SKARDU: Preparations (porters hiring & local purchasing).
Day 06: SKARDU – ASKOLI (2850m): By jeeps drive to Askole (6-7 hrs)
Day 07: ASKOLI – JULLA (3500m): Trek to Julla
Day 08 : JULLA – PAIYU (3666m): Trek to Paiyu
Day 09: PAIYU – BASE CAMP: Trek to base camp
Day 10-27: Base Camp: days reserved for climbing Trango Tower peak.
Day 28 Back to Juhla
Day 29: Skardu
Day 30:Skardu to Chias or Fly to Islamabad
Day31: chilas to Islamabad
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Member’s personal baggage 18 KGs per person
Service included in given price
- Transport – Islamabad to Skardu and Back to Islamabad (Air-condition Bus)
- Domestic flight Islamabad to Skardu
- Skardu to Jula camp Via 4×4 Jeep – and back to Skardu
- Foods during Trek (Lunch, breakfast Dinner and Little pack lunch at 10:00 am PST). MTTP assure you to provide quality food with professional clean kitchen staff.
- Local dishes can be providing according to choice or taste of our valued clients.
- Hot water if you need during trek
- Local Dishes (Soup, Local thick bread, Apricot Jam, Chapatti, etc)
- Members Tent (single /twin Sharing)
- One Kitchen tent and one Mess tent
- Local guide (Most experienced person)
- Local porters (Porters, wages, food, equipment, transport, and their insurance )
- One Standard cook-(Cook Payment)
- Hotels and Camp site (payment )
- Paper work like permit, police verification card, and some others.
Services Not include in given price are below
- Porters and Guide Tips (As you known every group gives some money to porters and guide)
- Heli copter rescue if you use.
- Equipment like shoes jackets. Socks Sleeping Bag and mattress.
- Your Personal things.