Asia / Baltoro Muztagh
K2
Pakistan · 8,611 m
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Source-linked route information · coverage incomplete
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About K2
The documented K2 route is Madison’s Abruzzi Ridge programme. It combines a Baltoro approach with acclimatization rotations and a weather-dependent summit attempt.
Madison Mountaineering · K2 Abruzzi Ridge
Geographic source notes
Wikidata description: 2nd-highest mountain on Earth. Imported context (CC0); retrieved 2026-10-05, not independently reviewed.
This overview is assembled from the geographic records cited below; it has not been independently field-verified.
Mountain facts
- Elevation
- 8611 metres above sea level
- Country / territory
- Pakistan
- Mountain range
- Baltoro Muztagh
- Range assignment
- Source-linked Wikidata statement · 2026-10-05
- Summit coordinates
- 35.881111111, 76.513333333 · View summit on OpenStreetMap
Routes and variants
1 source-linked entries · research checked 2026-10-05. The inventory remains incomplete.
Documented information and open research
Starting point: 1 of 1 · Difficulty with grading system: 0 of 1 · Elevation gain: 0 of 1 · Duration: 0 of 1 · Season: 0 of 1
0 historical entries. These counts describe published entries, not all possible routes. Current access is not established.
See route research coverage and priorities →Compare 1 routes
Grades retain their published rating system; different systems and historical grades are not equivalent. Elevation gain means climbing metres, not summit altitude. Missing figures are not estimated.
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| Route | Activity / direction | Difficulty / system | Starting point | Elevation gain | Duration | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abruzzi Ridge | AlpinismAscent | Not documented | K2 Base Camp | Not documented | Not documented | Source 1 ↗ |
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Alpinism (1)
Abruzzi RidgeAlpinism · Ascent
Programme duration includes travel and acclimatization; it is not entered as a route duration.
- Activity
- Alpinism
- Direction / role
- Ascent
- Starting point
- K2 Base Camp
- Difficulty
- Not established from the checked source
- Elevation gain
- Not established from the checked source
- Duration
- Not established from the checked source
- Season
- Not established from the checked source
- Current access
- Not checked for current use
Madison Mountaineering · K2 Abruzzi Ridge · source checked 2026-10-05
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Route questions, answered
Specific planning questions, with the scope of each source kept visible.
Is the 42-day itinerary climbing time?
No. It includes travel, trekking, training and a climbing period on days 16–36, with additional contingency days.
Is a K2 base-camp trek the same undertaking?
No. Reaching base camp does not cover the technical Abruzzi Ridge ascent or summit attempt.
Does this profile cover every K2 route?
No. It contains one attributed listing; current conditions, detailed grades and other routes remain open.
Climbing Chronicle Redaktion · Sources checked · Source research; current route conditions are not confirmed.
Planning at a glance
Access and starting point
The listed approach goes through Skardu and the Baltoro camps to base camp. Permits and present access have not been independently confirmed.
Difficulty and required experience
The operator identifies rockfall, avalanches and overhead ice at the Bottleneck/traverse. No standardized technical grade is established here.
Season and restrictions
The cited programme is advertised for June–August 2027. This is an operator schedule, not a general safe-season statement.
Sources for current information
- Madison Mountaineering · K2 Abruzzi Ridge
Operator expedition schedule and terrain; not current conditions.
This page stores reference sources, not live conditions. Check the provider’s publication date and route coverage before use.
Research still needed
For K2, this atlas does not yet document first-ascent history. Missing first-ascent evidence does not mean a mountain is unclimbed.
Use the linked sources as starting points; summit coordinates do not describe a climbing route or public access.
Sources and coverage
Imported geographic data from Wikidata (CC0); not independently field-verified. Data snapshot: 30 September 2026. Elevations and boundaries can differ between sources. Mountain-range membership follows explicit Wikidata relationships or a coordinate match against published GMBA v2 standard polygons. GMBA: Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (2021), CC BY 4.0; methodology: Snethlage et al. (2022). Missing evidence remains open.
Explore the surrounding regions
Baltoro Muztagh · Karakoram · Karakoram · Baltoro region · Mountains in Pakistan
Editorial responsibility
Responsible publisher and editorial author: Climbing Chronicle Redaktion. AI-assisted source research; no on-site inspection or professional route approval is claimed.
- Route listing source check
- 2026-10-05 · partial inventory; current access remains open
- Planning source check
- 2026-10-05 · only the individually cited planning additions
- Earlier profile review
- Open · no complete editorial review recorded
- Imported context retrieved
- 2026-10-05 · automated retrieval, not an editorial review
Mountains nearby
Recorded mountains, ordered by straight-line distance. This does not describe a route or accessible connection.
1–19 of 19 recorded mountains within 25 km
- Angel Sar · 4.1 km
- Summa Ri · 6.4 km
- Skyang Kangri · 7.0 km
- Skil Brum · 9.1 km
- Chongtar Kangri · 9.2 km
- Praqpa Kangri · 9.2 km
- Broad Peak · 9.3 km
- Marble Peak · 12.0 km
- Muztagh Tower · 15.0 km
- Gasherbrum IV · 16.4 km
- Gasherbrum III · 17.8 km
- Gasherbrum II · 18.6 km
- Gasherbrum V · 19.0 km
- Gasherbrum II East · 19.8 km
- Mitre Peak · 20.3 km
- Gasherbrum VI · 21.9 km
- Biarchedi · 23.8 km
- Lobsang Spire · 23.8 km
- Gasherbrum · 24.0 km