Wednesday 4 May 2016

Laila Peak Gilgit-Baltistan


Laila Peak is a mountain in Hushe Valley near Gondogoro Glacier in the Karakoram range. It is located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It has an elevation of 6,096 metres (20,000 ft). It has a distinctive spear-like shape and its northwest face has a slope of 45 degrees in more than 1500 vertical metres . The height of the Laila peak in Hushe Valley is controversial. Some believe it to be 6200 metres whereas some mention it as 6614 metres. In a Japanese mountaineering map by Tsuneo Miyamori (published in 2003), the height of Laila Peak is mentioned as 6096 metres.