Trango Towers

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granite spire formation mountain group

Trango Towers is a dramatic group of granite spires in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, renowned among climbers for having some of the world’s most challenging big-wall and rock-climbing routes.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Trango Tower	1
Trango Castle	1
Trango Glacier area	1
Trango Monk	1
Trango Pulpit	1
Trango Tower (Nameless Tower)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	granite spire formation ⓘ mountain group ⓘ
accessPoint	Skardu ⓘ
attracts	alpinists from around the world ⓘ elite rock climbers ⓘ
climbingSeason	primarily summer ⓘ
climbingStyle	aid climbing ⓘ alpine big-wall climbing ⓘ free climbing ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
elevation	approximately 6239–6286 m (highest summits) ⓘ
elevationMax	approximately 6239 m (Great Trango east summit) ⓘ approximately 6286 m (Great Trango Tower main summit) ⓘ
firstMajorAscentsPeriod	1970s ⓘ
geologicalType	granite pluton spires ⓘ
hasPart	Trango Towers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Great Trango Tower Little Trango ⓘ Trango Towers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trango Castle Trango Towers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trango Monk Trango Towers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trango Pulpit Trango Towers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trango Tower (Nameless Tower)
hasReputation	among the most difficult rock climbs on Earth ⓘ
hazard	high altitude ⓘ rockfall ⓘ severe weather ⓘ
knownFor	big-wall climbing ⓘ extreme climbing difficulty ⓘ sheer granite walls ⓘ technical rock climbing ⓘ
locatedIn	Baltoro Muztagh ⓘ Karakoram ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ
mountainRange	Karakoram ⓘ
near	Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
notableFor	high objective hazards such as rockfall and storms ⓘ some of the world’s hardest big-wall routes ⓘ
notableRouteType	multi-pitch routes ⓘ over 1000 m vertical walls ⓘ
partOf	Trango Towers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trango Glacier area
photographicSubject	iconic landscape of the Karakoram ⓘ
proximityTo	Karakoram ⓘ surface form: K2 region
situatedIn	Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ surface form: Baltistan
tourismType	adventure tourism ⓘ
trekApproach	via Baltoro Glacier ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shigar Valley → accessRouteTo → Trango Towers ⓘ

Karakoram → contains → Trango Towers ⓘ

Baltoro Muztagh → hasNotablePeak → Trango Towers ⓘ