Trango Towers - South Faces

Home to some of the world's best granite, the Trango Towers have a legendary reputation. They rise straight out of the Baltoro glacier and offer long, technical climbing at high altitude, a stark contrast with the true giants to the east, the Gasherbrums and K2.

This image is shot from the Baltoro proper, and shows most of the best lines on Nameless Tower, including the ultra-classic Eternal Flame (line 8), as well as the FA route on Great Trango (line 14) and the endless Azeem Ridge (line 12). For the true big wall lines on Great Trango, the Southeast Faces image would work better.

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Route List

1: Chota Badla, 6b A2 70°, K. Mali, M. Valic, T. Jakofcic, 09/2004
2: Gran Diedre Desplomado, 6c A4, M. Piola, M. Fouquet, S. Schaffter, P. Delale, 06/1987
3: Claire De Lune, 6b A3, G. Besson, C.A. Gaillan, D. Maret, F. Roux, 07/2000
4: British Attempt, D. Lampard, I. Lonsdale, A. Atkinson, N. Holmes, 1984
5: Spanish Route, 5.10 A3, M.A. Gallego, J.L. Clavel, C. Ros, J. Seiquer, 07/1989
6: British Route, 5.10 A2, M. Anthoine, M. Boysen, J. Brown, M. Howells, 07/1976
7: Clair de Lune, Direct Start, 6A 6c A3, A. Kurochkin, K. Markevitch, D. Skotnikov, 2017
8: Eternal Flame, 7b+ A2/7c+, K. Albert, W. Güllich, C. Stiegler, M. Sykora, 09/1989/T. Huber, A. Huber, 08/2009
9: Slovenian Route, 5.11 A0/5.12, S. Cankar, F. Knez, B. Šrot, 06/1987/K. Albert, W. Güllich, H. Münchenbach, 09/1988
10: Run For Cover, 5.11 A3+, G. Child, M. Wilford, 08/1992
11: Kurtyka-Loretan, 5.10 A3, W. Kurtyka, E. Loretan, 07/1988
12: Azeem Ridge, 5.11R/X A2 M6, K. Cordes, J. Wharton, 07/2004
13: Assalam Alaikum, VIII A2, D. Kopold, G. Čmárik, 08/2005
14: American Route, V+ A1, D. Hennek, J. Morrissey, J. Roskelley, G. Rowell, K. Schmitz, 07/1977

Sources and Credits

• “Western Baltoro Mustagh, Zeszyt 2” Jan Kielkowski, Przewodnik Alpinistyczny, 1989
• “Mountain Profile: Trango Tower,’” Greg Child, Alpinist Magazine, Issue 11, Summer 2005
• “Great Trango Tower,” Dennis Hennek, AAJ , 1977
• “Suffer Well, Thirst and Hunger on the Azeem Ridge, Great Trango Tower, Pakistan,” Kelly Cordes, AAJ, 2005
• “The Trango Towers in Review,” John Middendorf, AAJ, 2000
• “Up and Down Great Trango Tower,” Gabo Čmárik, Dodo Kopold, AAJ, 2006
• “Trango Conclusion,” J.V. Anthoine, AJ, 1977
• “Eternal Flame, First Free Ascent,” Thomas Huber, AAJ, 2010
• “Trango Monk, First Ascent,” Tomaz Jakofcic, AAJ, 2005
• “Trango Tower, Clair de Lune with New Start,” Lindsay Griffin, AAJ, 2018
• “Trango,” Leo Hoorn, Arcade Motion, 2024
• “Keep it Burning,” Guillaume Broust, Petzl, 2025
• Planet Mountain
• Alpinist.com
• bigwallgear.com
• Dodo Kopold
• John Middendorf
• John Roskelley
• Dennis Hennek
• Paul Pritchard
  

Updates

Mar 6, 2026: Initial publication