Town or village
Gupis
Ghizer district · 2,200 m
Where the Yasin river joins the Gilgit, and where the road divides for Yasin and Shandur.
Gupis sits at the confluence of the Yasin river and the Gilgit river, and is the place where the road splits. One branch goes north to Yasin and Darkot. The other goes west past Khalti Lake and Phunder to the Shandur Pass and Chitral.
Kind Town or villageDistrict GhizerElevation 2,200 mPosition 36.229° N, 73.448° E
About Gupis
The book mentions Gupis in one old story, about a birch rope bridge across the river here, one of the traditional bridges of the Ghizer valley. Imagine crossing the river on a bridge woven from birch twigs.
Gupis today is a district town of the Ghizer valley, a friendly stop on the way to somewhere special. It is one of the four tehsils of Ghizer, along with Ishkoman, Yasin and Phunder.
Elsewhere in Ghizer
Swipe along the district, from the valley floor to the summits.
- 1,800 m
Town or village
Gahkuch
The district headquarters of Ghizer, on the Gilgit river, and the turn for the Ishkoman valley.
- 2,400 m
Town or village
Ishkoman
A valley where nine languages are spoken in Immit village alone, and the base for treks to Yasin, Naltar and Chapursan.
- 4,272 m
Lake or water
Qurumbar Lake
At 4,272 m, a perennial lake at the head of Ishkoman, inside Pakistan's first wetlands national park.
- 2,250 m
Lake or water
Khalti Lake
Trout water below Gupis, frozen hard enough to walk on by January.
- 2,300 m
Town or village
Yasin
A Burushaski speaking valley, once a powerful independent kingdom and the gateway between the Oxus and the Indus.
- 2,800 m
Town or village
Darkot
The last village on the road north of Yasin, and the base for treks over the Darkot Pass into Chapursan.
Lake or water · 2,900 m
Phunder
The river braids into blue pools below the village: trout, poplars and a polo ground, on the road to Shandur.
- 3,700 m
Pass
Shandur Pass
At 3,700 m, the pass between Ghizer and Chitral, with the highest polo ground in the world on top.