SHISPARE PEAK - PAKISTAN

Elevation:                  24,970' (7,611 m)

Prominence:              4,072' (1,241 m)

Location Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Mountain Range:      Karakoram

First ascent:              July 21, 1974

First ascenders:         Leszek Cichy, Herbert Oberhofer, M.                                                 Grochowski, J. Poreba, A. Mlynarczyk, J.                                           Holnicki-Szulc, Hubert Bleicher

Shispare peak is also called  "Shispare Sar" and "Shisparé Sar".

Shispare Peak is located in  Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan in Passu Glacier.This glacier is linked with Batura Glacier. Shispare Peak  lies at the east of the Batura Wall, which is the highest part of the Batura glacier. 

Shispare Peak is at the elevation of 24,970' (7,611 m). Prominence: 4,072' (1,241 m).

Shispare Peak is ranks as the 14th highest mountain in Gilgit-Baltistan and the 19th highest mountain in Pakistan. The nearest peaks located to this peak are Bojohaghur Duanasir, Shanoz, Atabad, Batura Sar, Shunuk, and Shaujerab.

Shispare Peak is one of the high peaks of the Batura Muztagh Mountains,  which is the westernmost sub range of the Karakoram mountain range in the Hunza-Nagar district of Gilgit-Baltistan province in Pakistan.  This peak is near the end of the Batura Muztagh mountains. Batura Sar is the parent peak. 

The Hunza River curves around the south west, and northwest sides of the Batura Muztagh, and Shispare towers above the western bank of the river.In turn, the Hunza Valley lies in the Gilgit District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Shispare peak  commands large drops in three directions (north, east, and south). Shispare has a strikingly large and steep north east.It is copy of K2 and one of the most beautiful peak in the region.

Shispare was the first major peak in the range to be successfully climbed, in 1974, by the "Polish-German Academic Expedition" under the leadership of Janusz Kurczab. Bleicher, L. Cichy, M. Grochowski, J. Holnicki-Szulc, A. Mlynarczyk, H. Oberhofer, J. Poreba.The first ascent route followed the Pasu Glacier to the East Ridge, between the Pasu and Ghulkin Glacier. 

Best time to climb Shispare Peak  is from June to August.

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