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The Makra Peak is a 
Although it can be straightforward to climb, fatalities have occurred during storms. In spite of its difficulties, the summit offers views of
File:Makra Peak Gilgit Baltistan.jpg, Makra Peak
File:Makra Peak Gilgit.jpg, Makra Peak
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Mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourist attractions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mountains of the Himalayas {{Pakistan-geo-stub
mountain peak
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in the Himalayas
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Range, located on the border between the Kaghan Valley
The Kaghan Valley (Hindko, ) is an Alpine climate, alpine valley in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The valley stretches across the northern Pakistan, rising from its lowest elevation of to its highest point at the Babusar P ...
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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and the Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir
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. It is high and almost from Islamabad
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on the Naran Road. The trek to the peak starts from the Kaghan Valley
The Kaghan Valley (Hindko, ) is an Alpine climate, alpine valley in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The valley stretches across the northern Pakistan, rising from its lowest elevation of to its highest point at the Babusar P ...
, located in Hazara region
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of the northern Pakistan
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. From Kiwai, a single 7-kilometre-long road runs uphill to Shogran
Shogran (Hindko, ) is a hill station situated on a plateau in the Kaghan Valley of Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northern Pakistan at a height of above sea level. It has been a popular tourist attraction in recent years.
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, a tourist resort with numerous hotels; the track continues to climb up to Siri Lake and ends at Payee
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. From here it is a trek of four hours to the top of the Makra. Hiking on the Makra is difficult due to snow and the gradient of the mountainsides.
Although it can be straightforward to climb, fatalities have occurred during storms. In spite of its difficulties, the summit offers views of Hazara
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and Azad Kashmir
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. Fatalities tend to occur in bad weather, especially thick fog, and as a result of the steepness of some sections. The waters from the mountain's glacier
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feed the Kunhar River
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. The place has been named as Makra Peak by locals as Makra (means spider in Urdu, the local language) due to its shape in snow resembling that of a spider on a web.
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See also
*Malika Parbat
Malika Parbat (; ''Queen of the Mountains'') (el. ) is the highest peak in Kaghan Valley and also the highest in the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies about south of Lake Saiful Muluk, near Ansoo Lake.
The mountain is clear ...
* Kaghan Valley
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