We camp at around 4,780 meters, at the western border of Snow Lake close to Hispar Pass. For the first forty years of this century explorers believed that Snow Lake was an ice-cap like others in polar region, from which glaciers flow in each direction, its size estimated at 777 square kilometers. Now the estimated size of Snow lake is 77 sq. Eric Shipton in 1937 had estimated the present size of the Snow Lake. Early morning departure from the camp for climbing the pass.
Gaiters are essential as snow can be deep even in the morning.
We walk in single file with rope between us. The route passes through the center with giant crevasses and striped, greenish blue seracs on either side. The view of Snow lake from the top of Hispar pass 5,151 m, inspires feeling of wide open snowy place. Numerous glaciers emerge from the Snow lake and disappear between nameless Virgin Karakoram peaks. Soon after walking from the camp we cross Khanobasa glacier that takes around one and a half hour.