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Mountain guide · Peak · 2026

Gasherbrum II

A complete guide to the peak, from an adjudicated evidence sheet. Sourced or not recorded — never estimated.

Gasherbrum II from orbit, Karakoram

This is a guide to the peak, not a trail record. Passes, lakes, forts, and base-camp walks stay on trail pages.

Quick Facts

Origin & Geology

  • Formation / geology

    Gasherbrum massif in the Karakoram. Wikipedia's K2 geology places the K2–Broad Peak–Gasherbrum range in the Karakoram Metamorphic Complex with rapid post-Miocene uplift. Peak-specific stratigraphy not extracted this pass.

    en.wikipedia.org · verified 2026-09-21

  • Name origin

    Balti rgasha (beautiful) + brum (mountain): Beautiful Mountain. Survey label K4.

    en.wikipedia.org · verified 2026-09-21

  • Cultural history

    Not recorded

Climbing History

First ascent recorded above. No further sourced milestones this pass.

Success & Statistics

Not recorded — no centralized ascent/fatality dataset. This is a Karakoram/Pakistan-region peak; the Himalayan Database (https://www.himalayandatabase.com/) covers the Nepal Himalaya only and does not track Pakistan peaks. No equivalent authoritative dataset exists, so total climbs, success rate, and fatality rate are NOT shown. We do not estimate them.

Pros / Cons

Generic editorial notes. No peak-specific crowding, cost, or hazard claim is invented here.

For

  • A named summit is a distinct objective from any related walking approach.
  • Elevation, range, location, and first-ascent facts appear here only when the evidence sheet cites them.

Against

  • Altitude, weather, and terrain can turn a day. Hazards belong on the trail record where we hold them — not as invented peak-specific warnings here.
  • Permits, fees, and route grades stay Unverified on this page until an official source is cited. This is not a route plan.

Logistics

  • Best season

    Unverified

  • Routes and grades

    Unverified

  • Permit

    Gilgit-Baltistan mountaineering expedition permit required (DTSGB). Royalty figures vary across 2024–2025 notifications and are not copied here — confirm the live table.

    dtsgb.gog.pk · verified 2026-09-21

  • Fitness

    Unverified

These are expedition-grade mountaineering objectives, not trekking peaks; no trail record is implied.

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