THE HIDDEN VALLEY IN PAKISTAN | SHIMSHAL VALLEY

 

THE HIDDEN VALLEY IN PAKISTAN.

Shimshal is a village in Gojal tehsil of Hunza District, which is known in the northern parts of Pakistan ( Gilgit-Baltistan).shimshal is located at a height of 3,100 m above sea level and has the highest settlement in the district.  Shimshal is a border village that connect the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan with China. The total area of shamsaal is about 3,800 km2.

Shimshal valley

LIST OF PEAK AND GLACIER CAN SEE in shimshall
The Shimshal Valley has the largest adventure area in Hunza, and is a major attraction for tourists..Its mountains like Distaghil Sar (7,885 m), Shimshal White Horn (6,303 m) Minglik Sar (6,150 m), Lupghar Sar (7,200 m), Yazghail Sar (6,000 m), Kunjut Sar and others are well known among mountaineers. Gigantic glaciers include Malangudhi, Yazghail, Khurdopin (5,800 m), Braldu, Odver, Ver Zharav, and main passes are Chafchingoal, Khurdopin, Mai Dur, Braldu, Boi Sam and others. Among which the Khurdopin glacier pass remains the most favorite.

Yaks in shamshall valley

LIST OF PEAK AND GLACIER CAN SEE in shimshall
Shimshalis are to Pakistan as Sherpas are to Nepal. More than twenty well known mountaineers from this valley have made Pakistan proud in the field of tourism. Some people call it " The Valley of Mountaineers". Some of them are Rajab Shah, Mehrban Shah, Shambi Khan, Aziz Ullah, Qudrat Ali, Sarwar Ali, Shaheen Baig, Ali Musa, Amr Uddin Shah, Amin Ullah Baig, Sajjad Karim, Aziz Baig, Qurban Muhammad, Tafat Shah, Farhad Khan, Wahab Ali Shah, Fazl Ali, Hasil Shah, Yousaf Khan, Muhammad Ullah, Ezat Ullah, Muhammad Bari, Shafa Ali, Muhammad Abdul joshi, Saeed Ahmed, Jalal Uddin, Meherban Karim and others. Rajab Shah has the distinction of scaling all five peaks more than eight thousand meters located in Pakistan.

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