| Uli Biaho Peak ཨུལི་བིཧོ། | |
|---|---|
 Uli Biaho Tower | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | Peak: 6,417 m (21,053 ft) Tower: 6,109 m (20,043 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains in Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35°44′N 76°07′E / 35.733°N 76.117°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Uli Biaho Peak ཨུལི་བིཧོ། Location in Pakistan  Uli Biaho Peak ཨུལི་བིཧོ། Uli Biaho Peak ཨུལི་བིཧོ། (Pakistan) | |
| Location | Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Parent range | Karakoram, Baltoro Glacier |
Uli Biaho (Balti: ཨུལི་བིཧོ།; Urdu: اولی بیاہو) is a mountain within the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan, near Trango Towers and Baltoro Glacier It consists of two main peaks: Uli Biaho Tower (measuring approximately 19,957 feet according to Roskelley and 6,109 meters or 20,043 feet according to Kopold), and Uli Biaho Peak (with a height of 6,417 meters as per Kopold's measurements). As of 2006, Uli Biaho Peak remained unclimbed.[2]
Uli Biaho Tower was ascended in an alpine-style approach via the direct East Face route by a team led by John Roskelley and others. On July 3, 1979, all four climbers from the United States successfully reached the summit. John Roskelley later dedicated a chapter to their Uli Biaho climb in his 1993 book titled "Stories Off the Wall."[3]
- ^ "Uli Biaho Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ Kopold, Dodo (Nov 27, 2006). "Uli Biaho Tower". Alpinist Magazine Climbing Notes. Height of Land Publications. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ Roskelley, John (1993). Stories Off the Wall. Seattle, Washington: Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-0-89886-609-4.