Jashn-e-Ghanche — the Ghanche Festival — is Khaplu's own celebration of Balti culture, bringing together traditional sports, music, and community life in one of Baltistan's...

The Soq River, flowing down from Deosai National Park into Soq Valley near Skardu, isn't a whitewater river — it's a small, clear, glacier-fed stream...

Kanday is a small village within the greater Hushe Valley area of Ghanche District — the same Community Controlled Hunting Area region in Gilgit-Baltistan recognized...

The Hushe Valley, in Ghanche District's Community Controlled Hunting Area system, is one of the recognized zones in Gilgit-Baltistan for legal, regulated Himalayan ibex trophy...

Few landscapes in Pakistan feel as unexpected as Sarfaranga — a genuine cold desert of golden sand dunes sitting at over 7,000 feet, ringed by...

Naltar is where skiing in Pakistan began. Established in 1965, it's the country's oldest ski resort, run by the Pakistan Air Force in partnership with...

The Thalle Lungma is a long, green valley running northwest from the Shyok River, about 15km west of Khaplu — historically important enough that between...

"Kharpocho" means "King of Forts" in Balti, and the name still fits even in ruins. Built in the late 16th century during the reign of...

Marsur Rock didn't exist on any tourist map until 2018, when a local photographer from Skardu, out shooting landscapes, stumbled across a narrow granite ledge...

K7 is one of the Karakoram's most respected technical objectives — a steep pyramid of rock and ice rising above the Charakusa Valley, right next...