Together the Biafo and Hisper Glaciers, the Karakoram,s second 65km and fifth 49km longest glaciers, from the karakoram,s longest continuous stretch of glacier(114km) linked by the Hisper La(5151m).

every year, a couple of hundred of trekkers traverse there glaciers and cross this difficult pass between Baltistan and Nagar throught what both Francis Younhusband and HW Tilman called the finest mountain scenery in the world, scenary that attracts by its grandeur, but repels by its desolation. it,s hard to imagine, but tradition holds that nagar men use to travelthis route, bringing horses to play polo at Kesar Shaguran near Askoli.