It is situated in gupis yasin district. This lake is an important source of fresh water and has a stock of trout 🐟 A PTDC motel is situated nearby with a view of the lake. The water is extremely cold which flows directly from surrounding glaciers. The lake usually freezes in winter season and people can easily walk on it. Locals have icy hockey 🏒 tournaments in winter. I spoke to local children there. And it was surprising for me when a girl told me that they have 3 doctors in their village and she also wanna become doctor then she will move to karachi. Khalti village illiteracy rate is 70% which is the highest in surrounding area. It was very difficult to get there because of snow ❄️ on road, and it became icey. This lake is on gilgit shandur road and due to heavy traffic and icey road, we had very slow journey. It took us around 4 hrs to get there. I have traveled on this road back in 2015 from shandur pass to gilgit in summer, road wasn't good enough back than. Because of heavy snow ❄️ and traffic it need continuous...
Read moreGupis-Yasin District, in the westernmost part of Gilgit-Baltistan and beautiful Pakistan’s northernmost territory is home to Khalti Lake. The lake is located near the village of Khalti in a bend of the Ghizer River.
A PTDC motel with a view of the lake is nearby. The water is very cold, flowing directly from the surrounding glaciers. Over the winter, the lake normally freezes and people can walk on it easily.
The upper portion of Khalti Lake has become an ice sheath due to the freezing temperatures in Gilgit-Baltistan. The lake is said to be 30 to 70 feet deep at 7,000 feet above sea level. It is about 120 kilometers from Gilgit, in the Gupis Valley of Ghizer district.
Khalti Lake offers numerous benefits to the area all year. In the summer, it serves as a source of freshwater, and in the winter, it allows the Khalti village children and elders to dance, play football, cricket, polo, and volleyball, and enjoy...
Read moreKhalti Lake (Khowar) is situated in the Tehsil Punial of Ghizer District, the westernmost part of the Gilgit–Baltistan region and northernmost territory of Pakistan. This lake is an important source of fresh water an has a stock of trout. A PTDC motel is situated nearby with a view of the lake.The water is extremely cold which flows directly from surrounding glaciers. The lake usually freezes in winter season and people can easily walk on it. Khalti Lake is located in Khalti Village of Ghizer District (Gilgit-Baltistan), Pakistan at about 2,217 metres (7,274 ft) from sea level. The lake is known for its habitat of trout fish. The lake is in a bend of the Ghizer River near the village of Khalti. Khalti Lake is known for its stock of trout.Originally, the trout was put into the River Ghizer near Golaghmuli Village. Those fishes increased in number and reached almost every part of...
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