The massive caramel coloured rock behind Passu is called
Skazart (High Yellow) a vigorous size to seven-hour loop climbs to the Younz
Valley behind Skazart, offering excellent view of both glaciers. There is no
water along this trail.
North
of Passu Peak high on the rock is an old water channel. Where the channel comes
to ground level the trail beging immediately climbing up the wallto the right
(if you end up at the Passu Glacier lake you began too far to the left, from the
younz valley a 2 hours tour goes to a view point over the Hunza River. At the
end of the valley, bear left by some shepherds’ huts and descend to the
moraine biased the Batura Glacier. At the love of the glacier cross the low
plateau to the right back to Passu.
An
overnight option is to climb the far side of Younz valley onto 4300 meter
Patundas (Arid Plain) the first rise on the ridge that separates the Passu and
Batura Glaciers.
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