Askole, Askoli, or Askoly (Urdu: اسکولی) is a small town located in Braldo Valley (district Shigar), in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. Askole...

on the town of Shigar. The valley stretches about 170 km from Skardu to Askole and is the gateway to the high mountains of the Karakoram. The town of Shigar...

in the east. Approximately, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the village of Askole in Braldo, Shigar District, this glacial junction is found. The entire journey...

jeep takes travelers through the Braldu Gorge to the village of Askole. The trek from Askole initially proceeds towards K2, then turns northwest up the Biafo...

Place Type District A Aliabad Town Hunza Askole Town Shigar Astore City Astore B Bunji Town Astore C Chilas City Diamer Chillinji Town Ghizer Cholt Town...

name, possibly due to its remoteness. The mountain is not visible from Askole, one of the highest settlements on the way to the mountain, nor from the...

of the region, and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the roadhead at Askole. Baintha Brakk is exceptional in its combination of altitude, height above...

Gasherbrums (8,000+ m), and Masherbrum (7,821 m), is located in Skardu District. Askole is the last settlement in the district for all treks to Concordia (the confluence...

including 230 oxygen cylinders, via Askole and Concordia towards Base Camp on the Godwin-Austen Glacier. Between Skardu and Askole several bridges had been built...

Ursula Grether, who was injured during the approach and had to be carried to Askole by Messner and Mutschlechner. Because of avalanche danger on the original...

facilitate international tourist. Accessible from Skardu by road, the nearby Askole and Hushe are the main gateways to the snow-covered 8,000-metre (26,000-foot)...

progressively more poverty-stricken and diseased until they eventually reached Askole, the last habitation, which was comparatively wealthy. On May 22 they departed...

000+ meters) and Masherbrum (7,821 m), is included in the Skardu District. Askole is the last settlement in the district for all treks to Concordia, the confluence...

descending alone, and became weak and exhausted. Instead of arriving in Askole, where his porters awaited, he came across Korphe, a small village built...

Rawalpindi at the end of May, flew on to Skardu, and after the long trek through Askole and up the Baltoro Glacier, arrived at the base of K2 on 20 June. The early...

the funds and organised the installation of 17 fresh-water standpipes in Askole, the last settlement before K2, that reduced infant mortality by half. He...

feet or 5,300 metres) and onto the 37-mile-long (60 km) Biafo Glacier to Askole. Their total traverse of the glaciers was another record, and Fanny became...

settlement in the valley is the village of Askole, situated at the right bank of the Braldu River. Askole serves as the base camp for mountaineering expeditions...

the snow cover begins to melt. The pass may be approached either from the Askole village up the Baltoro Glacier valley to Concordia and then Ali Camp on...

road. Then it was a case of trekking over the Zoji La to Skardu and on via Askole to K2 Base Camp, a distance of 360 miles (580 km). At Srinagar they had...

from Colonel Mark Sever Bell (1843-1906), finally reaching the village of Askole in Baltistan. Apparently there have only been two recorded crossings of...

flight to Skardu was followed by a further 100 miles by jeep and on foot to Askole, before they reached their first camp at the Biafo Glacier. While the team's...