Malubiting (), also known as Malubiting West, ranks as the second highest
peak between the Haramosh and
Hispar valleys in the
Karakoram
The Karakoram () is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range is withi ...
range in Pakistan. It is situated between
Bilchar Dobani and
Haramosh Peak, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Location
Malubiting is situated at the core of the Haramosh Group of Mountains, which tower over the northern bank of the
Indus River
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. It is located approximately 50 km to the east of
Gilgit
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, the principal town in the area. To the southwest, Malubiting ascends sharply above the Haramosh Jutial village along the banks of the Phuparash River, and to the east, the extensive
Chogo Lungma Glacier originates from its slopes.
Climbing history
Malubiting was unsuccessfully attempted in 1955, 1959, 1968, 1969 and 1970 and 1971 before the first ascent in 1971. In that year an
Austria
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n team led by Horst Schindlbacher reached the summit via the Northeast Ridge, ascending the North Peak and skirting the Central Peak on the way.
According to th
Himalayan Index there has been only one additional ascent, by a Swiss-German team in 1997, via the original route. (There may, however, have been other ascents that did not make it into the Index.)
Sources
* ''High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Metre Peaks'' by Jill Neate,
* ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'' by Jerzy Wala, 1990. Published by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research.
Himalayan Index
Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan
Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram
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