Det sker i Skardu (Baltistan), Pakistan året igennem

Stille — skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Winter shutdown (1. dec. – 28. feb.)

Travlt — Eid al-Fitr, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  25. feb. – 25. mar. · normaltRamadan & eidLukningerTætpakketBook tidligt

  Eid al-Fitr ends Ramadan with three or more days of public holiday. Markets are packed with shoppers in the nights before, offices and most shops close for the first days, and intercity buses, trains and flights sell out as families travel home. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Winter shutdown (1. dec. – 28. feb.)

Travlt — Eid al-Fitr, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Eid al-Fitr (25. feb. – 25. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Natur

  Apricot and cherry blossom

  1.–25. apr. · normalt

  The orchards through Shigar and Khaplu come out before the climbing season starts, and the valleys are briefly white against bare rock and sand. The quietest good fortnight of the year here.

Travlt — Eid al-Adha, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Adha

  1. maj – 5. jun. · normaltRamadan & eidLukningerTætpakketBook tidligt

  Eid al-Adha brings three or more days of public holiday. Livestock markets spring up in the weeks before, many businesses close for the first days, and roads, buses and flights are packed as families travel home or take trips to the hills. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Eid al-Adha, Baltoro expedition season

• Sæson

  Baltoro expedition season

  1. jun. – 31. aug.VandresæsonTætpakketBook tidligt

  Skardu is the road head for the Baltoro, so every K2 and Gasherbrum party passes through it in these weeks. Jeeps to Askole, porters and the better rooms are taken by the expeditions before anyone else asks.

• Sæson

  Deosai plains open

  25. jun. – 30. sep. · normaltVandresæson

  The plateau is under snow for most of the year and the tracks in from Skardu and Astore only clear around the end of June. Brown bear, marmots and nowhere at all to shelter when the weather turns on you.

Stadig i gang: Eid al-Adha (1. maj – 5. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Baltoro expedition season, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Baltoro expedition season (1. jun. – 31. aug.), Deosai plains open (25. jun. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Baltoro expedition season, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Baltoro expedition season (1. jun. – 31. aug.), Deosai plains open (25. jun. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Deosai plains open (25. jun. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Natur

  Autumn colour on the Indus

  10. okt. – 10. nov. · normalt

  The poplars and the apricot orchards turn along the river and through the Shigar valley for a fortnight, and the light is at its best. The trekking is finished by then and the town has itself back.

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Autumn colour on the Indus (10. okt. – 10. nov. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Sæson

  Winter shutdown

  1. dec. – 28. feb.Lukket uden for sæsonenLukninger

  The Deosai road is shut, most hotels close and the flights from Islamabad are cancelled for days when cloud fills the gorge. The few who do come are here for the frozen lakes and the cold-desert dunes.