Outdoor treks and activities were confined by the Covid protocols during the summers of 2020. However, the change in the Covid policy prompted us to first do the very challenging Baroghil and Koramber Lake trek during early September. Then, we planned to trek the Makra Peak at 3885 meters or nearly 13000 feet above the […]
It was a hurriedly planned adventure trip to Kumrat, a popular tourist resort in Upper Dir or Dir Kohistan. We were on the road from Islamabad on 9 July. Following the Swat motorway, we left the Chitral road in Upper Dir towards Sheringal and onwards to Thall. The metaled road gave way to a dusty […]
The trek is set in the picturesque Astore Valley of Gilgit Batistan. Astore can be approached round the year by road along the Karakoram Highway. It takes about 10 hours to reach Astore from Islamabad via Babusar Pass during the summers. Its 40 odd kilometres approach road runs through a seismically vulnerable land slide prone […]
A chronological narration of our Baroghil Valley and the Karomber Lake trek is scripted with recommendations for its environmental sustenance. Visiting the remote Baroghil Valley was on my bucket list since long and a chance encounter with a young man who had trekked up to the Koramber Lake earlier this summer made me decide to […]
