DESCRIPTION

This may be close to the site that Julien Wirtz and Phillipe Nodet used as the starting point for their their epic flight over trango towers and half way up to Concordia before landing at Arandu in 2007 (?).

ACTIVITIES

- paragliding
- hike
- thermals
- xc

weather

Yes, lots. Plenty of safe landing options. Very wide valley. Skardu valley seems to get quite windy (40kph+) after 4pm and a strong and regular S wind blows down from the Deosai plains meets the W valley wind of the main Skardu valley. Wind characteristics near to Shigar are not known sufficiently to comment.

access

Take taxi from Skardu to 1km N of Shigar - about 500 rupees and 50 minutes.