Passu Glacier, The Glacier Beside the Cones

The Passu Glacier spills down from the Batura Muztagh range directly beside Passu village, its jagged blue white ice visible from the Karakoram Highway and reachable on foot for a closer look, an accessible glacier compared to the multi day trek required to reach Baltoro.

History

The glacier has retreated visibly over recent decades, a change tracked by researchers studying Karakoram glacial dynamics and one increasingly discussed by local guides when showing visitors the ice front today versus historic photographs.