Basecamp (5,150m/16,897ft)

A scenic flight to Skardu, drive to Jhola, and further trek to basecamp and reached at the elevation of 5,150m. The trek to basecamp with great views of Karakoram. After 6 days of the trek, you reach BC of Mt. K2. At basecamp, you will be awaited by our best Sherpa Team. Seven Summit Treks have the best setup of basecamp. You will be spending about a month at basecamp. Each member will get a separate member tent and dining in sharing, kitchen, shower, communication, and toilet tents. Before we climb the mountain, we make a big puja ceremony at base camp for good luck and safe climbing.

Camp I (6,000m/19,685ft)

Once you reached basecamp, your personal climbing Sherpa or team leader will review basic and advanced training at basecamp. For the best acclimatization, once fix rope is fixed by the Sherpa team you will climb to camp I which lies at the altitude of 6000m. In this section of climbing, you will encounter mixed terrain with a few crevasses, rock parts, and ice on the section glacier. This will take you about 5 to 6 hours of climbing. We will have frequent rotation on camp I and back to base camp.

Camp II (6,760m/22,178ft)

The climbing from camp I to camp II is the most difficult and challenging climbing section. In this section of the climb, you will encounter the Black Chimney, some rock parts, and a steep climb but there will be fixed rope so there will be safe climbing with our Sherpa which is our main priority. This section of climbing will take about 4 to 5 hrs.

Camp III (7,350m/24,114ft)

Climbing from camp II to camp III is a bit long-distance climb. Where you will encounter with Black Pyramid. It will take 5 to 6 hours. You will be climbing with the climbing Sherpa and with a fixed rope.

Camp IV Shoulder (7,950m/26,083ft)

Climbing from camp III to IV is full of snow part only. It’s a bit easier than the earlier rocky part though because of the high altitude, the climbing becomes challenging and the member starts to use oxygen from this point. While climbing, your personal climbing guide will be always together. This section of climbing will take 4 -5 hours.

Bottleneck (8,211m/26,939ft)

Climbing along with Camp IV to Summit at the altitude of 8,211m there you will reach the bottleneck of Mt. K2. Where, there is a steep rocky part and snow and this part is very risky with the possibility of avalanche and once you cross this section the easier parts begin.

Summit (8,611m/28,251ft)

The most important day is summit day. It is the main goal achieving day for all the climbers. It’s a dream come true day. So, most of the climbers begin their summit push at midnight and will walk to the summit for about 8 to 10 hours and will reach the summit about 8-10 am (morning). The Summit of Mt. K2 is stunning. You will be mesmerized by the beautiful view of different 8000m peaks like Broad Peak, GI, GII, and many beautiful mountains of the Pakistan Himalayas. On the same day after taking some pictures, you will walk down to camp II or basecamp, which will take about 6 to 7 hours. descending from the summit is also a difficult part of this expedition so safety descent is also an important part of summit day. Seven Summit Treks will have one climbing Sherpa with one member from camp IV to summit day and till back to basecamp. SST guide will carry oxygen cylinder of Members and himself. For the safe summit of Mt. K2 SST will always have guidelines of the best weather forecast, communication, and back support from basecamp leader. Rope fixing up to the summit is the major duty of our climbing Sherpa so we highly admire our Sherpa for fixing ropes, and making all the effort to get the group reaches to the summit of Mt. K2.