KILIK & MINTEKA PASS TREK MISGER VALLEY

Kilik Pass is an ancient route between Gilgit-Baltistan, and Xinjiang, China, Kilik Pass remained significant for centuries before the Karakorum Highway (KKH) was built.Kilik and Mintaka, two historic passes on Pakistan’s border with China, have been off limits to foreigners since 1947. Now open since 1999, the 1m- to 3m- wide trails to these gentle passes are easy to follow, springs and trees are abundant, and camp sites are grassy, making this one of northern Pakistan’s easiest treks.

For more than 1000 years, Kilik and Mintaka were the Silk Route’s primary passes between China and Hunza, and today these broad valleys and extensive alpine meadows, once closed to foreigners, are again accessible.