Skil Brum

Skil Brum
سکل برم
Skil Brum (center right), 1909
Highest point
Elevation7,410 m (24,310 ft)[1]
Ranked 66th
Prominence1,152 m (3,780 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Pakistan
Coordinates35°51′00″N 76°25′00″E / 35.85000°N 76.41667°E / 35.85000; 76.41667
Geography
Skil Brum
Skil Brum
Skil Brum (Gilgit Baltistan)
30km
19miles
Pakistan
India
China
48
The major peaks in Karakoram are rank identified by height.
Parent rangeKarakoram
Climbing
First ascentJune 19, 1957
Easiest routesnow and ice climb
Skil Brum
Traditional Chinese斯吉爾布魯木峰
Transcriptions

Skil Brum (Urdu: سکل برم), or Skilbrum, is a mountain in the Karakoram range in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, approximately 9 km (5 mi) west-southwest of K2. It lies on the western side of the Godwin-Austen Glacier, roughly opposite Broad Peak.

It is the 66th highest mountain in the world.[3]

In June 1957, Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller made a flash first ascent of Skil Brum, in pure Alpine style. Starting from base camp of Broad Peak at 4,950 metres, they camped at 6,060 metres, made the summit the next day, then camped again at 6,060 metres, and then returned to base camp the next morning. The whole ascent, from base camp to base camp was done in 53 hours, a startlingly short time for a major Himalayan ascent in that era.[4]

See also

Notes and sources

  1. ^ Mi Desheng (Chinese Academy of Science, 1990s), Qogori in the series "The Maps of Snow Mountains in China"
  2. ^ This figure is from Skilbrum on peakbagger.com and uses the 7,410 m elevation figure.
  3. ^ Abbrar, MOHAMMAD ALee (2025-02-01). "Skil Brum — The Underrated Wonderous Neighbor of K2". Medium. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  4. ^ "Broad Peak: Some background and History". Everest News. Retrieved 2014-01-26.