Bilchar Dobani

Mountain peak in Gilgit-Baltistan

Dobani Peak
بلچھار دوبانی

Location in Pakistan

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Dobani Peak
بلچھار دوبانی

Dobani Peak
بلچھار دوبانی (Gilgit Baltistan)

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LocationBagrot Valley, Gilgit–Baltistan, PakistanParent rangeKarakoramClimbingFirst ascentIsao Ikeuchi and Masaru Hashimoto on 9 June, 1979

Bilchar Dobani or Dobani Peak (Urdu: بلچھار دوبانی) is a 6,143-metre (20,154 ft) mountain peak located between Bilchar, Taisot, Haramosh and Bagrote valley, in Gilgit district of Gilgit-Baltistan, in Pakistan.^[1]

Location

Part of the Karakoram range, the mountain is located as an isolated subrange southeast of the Rakaposhi subrange and southwest of Haramosh Mountains. The western face of Dobani Peak is located in the Tesot valley, and to the north of it is the Bagrot valley. In the northwest of the mountain is the Haramosh mountains range. The mountain is 29 km (18 mi) east of the city of Gilgit. The Bagrot Valley runs along the western flank of Bilchar Dobani.^[2]^[3]

First ascent

The Bilchar Dobani was first climbed by Japanese mountaineers Isao Ikeuchi and Masaru Hashimoto via the west face and northern ridge on 9 June 1979.^[4]

Gallery

Sunset on Dubani
Sunset on Dubani from south side

References

^ Singh, Sarina (2008). Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway. Lonely Planet. p. 426. ISBN 9781741045420.
^ "Asia, Pakistan—Karakoram, Dobani - AAC Publications - Search The American Alpine Journal and Accidents". publications.americanalpineclub.org.
^ Singh, Sarina (2008). Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781741045420.
^ Masaru Hashimoto. "Asia, Pakistan—Karakoram, Dobani". American Alpine Journal, 1980, vol. 22.