Mountain guide · Peak · 2026

Nanga Parbat

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

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

Quick Facts

Formation / geology
Western Himalayan syntaxis (western anchor of the range). Geology of the Himalayas records the highest Himalayan uplift rates here (nearly 10 mm/year). Wikipedia also cites Guinness World Records calling it the fastest-growing mountain at 7 mm per year — two figures, both attributed, not reconciled this pass.
en.wikipedia.org · verified 2026-09-21
Name origin
Sanskrit nagna + parvata = naked mountain (usually snowless south face). Local Shina: Diamer / Deo Mir, from Sanskrit deva + meru = mountain of God.
en.wikipedia.org · verified 2026-09-21
Cultural history
Not recorded

First ascent (date)
1953 (July 3)
en.wikipedia.org · verified 2026-09-21
First ascent (party)
Hermann Buhl (solo ascent)
en.wikipedia.org · verified 2026-09-21

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

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

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.

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.

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.