Gilgit Baltistan is known for its hospitable people, beautiful and high landscapes, historical forts, natural orchid farms, amazing traditional food, rivers, and much more. We happened to visit Nagar and Hopper valleys and were mesmerized by the uncanny beauty of the place. Both of these valleys are located in the Nagar District. The capital of the district is Nagar Khas. Hopper Village is another beautiful village located a few kilometers away from Nagar Khas. There is a famous glacier at this place which is called as Hopper Glacier. It is called a moving glacier because of it is said to be moving ever so slightly. Locals have confirmed the movement by various means such as by placing some object at a certain place and then observing the placement of the object after a few days.
Hopar Valley or Hopper Valley is a cluster of villages around a natural bowl at a bend of Baltoro Glacier. Opposite to Hopper the white Bualtar is joined by the Barpu Glacier. This is a base camp for treks into the high, glacier-draped peaks called the Hispar Muztagh. Whole population of this valley is Burushaski speakers.
The valley has a number of natural formations, including glaciers, lakes, and high mountains.
Glaciers
There are three glaciers in the valley:
Hopper glacier
Barpu glacier
Miar glacier
Daranci glacier
Geentur or Supulter glacier
Lakes:
'Rush Lake Hoper' is the most visited tourist destination in the valley. Rush Lake Hopper is situated in Nagar District Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. It is located at the middle of Rush Peak, at over 4,694 meters. Rush Lake is one of the highest alpine lakes in the world.[citation needed] It is 2nd highest elevated lake in South Asia. In the surrounding area are green pastures - which support local domesticated and wild animals. This includes local animals like goats, yaks and sheep, and wild animals like Himalayan ibex, retch, fox and snow leopard. The Pakistan National Bird, chakour, is also found.
Mountains
The valley is home to many high mountains such as Golden peak or Spantik (7027 m), Bawalter peak (from where Hoper glacier starts), Rush Peak and Miar peak (7257 m) while the other series of mountains view from Rush peak like K2, Passu Peak, Diran Peak, and Rakaposhi.
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