Peshawar - Gilgit

Two routes with start/end in Peshawar to/from Gilgit and Kabul.

Peshawar-Gilgit (Pakistan)

Graph

Location	Distance	Altitude Processed	Altitude
			Avocet	GPS	Pakistani
Peshawar	0	375	372	378
Malakand Pass	98	832	832
Bridge (LP)	116	670	670
Pass	131	948	948
LP	146	680	680
Dir	229	1376	1376
Lowari Pass	258	3058	3032	3083	3150
Nagar (LP)	287	1168	1168
Chitral	341	1472	1472
Buni Bridge	418	1940	1940
Mastuj	452	2395	2364	2425
Laspur	477	2768	2768
Shandur Pass	494	3685	3660	3709
Phandar	537	2812	2812
Gupis	599	2004	2004
Gahkuch	636	1736	1736
Gilgit	710	1428	1404	1452

The Route:

Easy cycling to Dir, some rock throwing kids to watch out for. Medium steep, constant climb up to Lowari Pass. Steep (10%) downhill to Chitral valley.. Asphalt to Boni. Very bad roads on both sides of Shandur Pass. Bumpy, with lots of small and steep climbs all the way to Gilgit. In parts hard, but beautiful route. Very little traffic, friendly people and easy to find food.

Peshawar-Kabul.

The Route:

It may be difficult and dangerous to get through the autonomous tribal areas on the Pakistani side. Don't want to advice anyone to do it without an armed escort, I was almost shot when trying... Easy to organize escort in Peshawar. Khyber Pass=dusty and not very spectacular. The border posts are at Torkham. A mess on the Pakistani side and you have to look hard to find the border post at all on the Afghani side. Good asphalt to Jalalabad. The road conditions gets worse the longer to the west you get. A lot of things may have happened since I was there, at that time, the road was full of big holes and long parts were under construction. NB. This is one of the routes that may have larger error marginal then the ones.

Graph.

Comment	Distance (km)	Altitude (m)
Peshawar	0	330
Khyber Pass	60	1080
Torkham	70	790
Jalalabad	140	400
Sarubi	230	900
Pass	245	1250
LP	255	1050
Small hotel	265	1200
Pass	285	1750
Kabul	315	1770

Photos from these two routes.

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