The Hopar Valley (

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Nagar Valley Nagar (Nagar) is a former princely state and one of the ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley is along the Karakoram Highway on the way north from the city of Gilgit. The valley is home to many high mountain peaks including Ra ...

in Gilgit-Baltistan, in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. It is about 10 km away from Nagar Khas, the principal city of the Nagar Valley. Hopar Valley is home of the

Spantik Spantik (Balti Language) or Golden Peak is a mountain in Spantik-Sosbun Mountains subrange of Karakoram in Hispar Valley of Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Its northwest face features an exceptionally hard climbing route ...

and Hopar (Hopper)

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

Geographical features

Hopar Valley is a cluster of villages around a natural bowl at a bend of Baltoro Glacier. Opposite to Hopar the white Bualtar is joined by the Barpu Glacier. This is a

base camp Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

for treks into the high, glacier-draped peaks called the Hispar Muztagh. Whole population of this valley is

Burushaski Burushaski (; ) is a language isolate spoken by Burusho people, who reside almost entirely in northern Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, with a few hundred speakers in northern Jammu and Kashmir, India. In Pakistan, Burushaski is spoken by people in ...

speakers. The valley has a number of natural formations, including glaciers, lakes, and high mountains.

Glaciers

There are three glaciers in the valley: # Hoper glacier # Barpu glacier # Miar glacier #Daranci glacier #Geentur or Supulter glacier

Lakes

'Rush Lake Hoper' is the most visited tourist destination in the valley. Rush Lake Hoper is situated in Nagar District Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. It is located at the middle of Rush Peak, at over 4,694 meters. Rush Lake is one of the highest alpine lakes in the world. It is 2nd highest elevated lake in South Asia. In the surrounding area are green pastures - which support local domesticated and wild animals. This includes local animals like goats, yaks and sheep, and wild animals like Himalayan ibex, retch, fox and snow leopard. The Pakistan National Bird, chakour, is also found.

Mountains

The valley is home to many high mountains such as Golden peak or Spantik (7027 m), Bawalter peak (from where Hoper glacier starts), Rush Peak and Miar peak (7257 m) while the other series of mountains view from Rush peak like K2, Passu Peak, Diran Peak, and Rakaposhi.Israr Hussain, 2017

Seasons

The spring season starts from April and ends by June, July to September there is summer and autumn arrives in October and from November to March it is winter time and during this period there is huge snowfall.

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