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Khunjerab Pass China Border Gate — Karakoram Highway Northern Terminus
The Chinese-side customs and immigration post at 4,693m — the highest paved international border crossing on earth, marking…
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Overlanding Trails in Xinjiang
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PTDC Motel Sost — Karakoram Highway Northern Gateway Campground
The last proper government-run camp before the Khunjerab climb — basic but real, and the logical overnight before…
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Khunjerab National Park — Shimshal River Confluence Dispersed Camp
Wide gravel flats at the Shimshal Valley junction off the KKH — a real high-altitude overnight used by…
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DifficultKarakoram Highway — Sost to Khunjerab Pass via Shimshal Valley Junction and the Pakistan–China Summit (Northbound Full Run)
4,693 meters. The roof of the road world.
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ModerateKarakoram Highway – Kashgar to Khunjerab Pass via Gez Canyon and Karakul Lake
Built on bones. The Karakoram's Chinese spine.
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DifficultKarakoram Highway — Kashgar to Gilgit via Khunjerab Pass
Highest international highway on earth.
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Tashkurgan River Valley — KKH Southern Flats Dispersed Camp
Wide gravel flats along the Tashkurgan River south of town offer a remote, open-sky bivouac in the Tajik…
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Karakul Lake — KKH Lakeshore Dispersed Camp
High-altitude Karakul Lake at 3,600m sits beneath Muztagh Ata and Kongur Tagh — one of the most iconic…
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Karakoram Highway — Gez River Gorge Roadside Dispersed Camp
Raw pull-off camping in the dramatic Gez Canyon where the KKH hugs cliffs above the churning Gez River,…
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ModerateRooftop of the World Highway — Kashgar to Khunjerab Pass via the Karakoram Highway
Silk Road to the sky. Two countries, one pass.