Pakistan · Karakoram Range7,285 m (23,901 ft)Baintha Brakk 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Baintha Brakk. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
Base on the lateral moraine of the Biafo Glacier beneath the soaring south face.
Campsite perched on the narrow col separating the main Ogre massif from the surrounding ridges.
A snow cave carved into the knife-edge crest beneath the final granite towers.
The vertical granite monolith forming the apex of The Ogre, surmounted via difficult crack climbing.
Total vertical rise from Biafo Glacier Base Camp (5,100m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 35°56′54″ N, 75°45′12″ E. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Baintha Brakk
Baintha Brakk, famously known as 'The Ogre', is a colossal 7,285-meter (23,901 ft) granite mountain in the Panmah Muztagh subrange of the Karakoram. Widely regarded as one of the most perilous and technically difficult mountains in the world, its sheer vertical granite towers rise steeply above the Biafo Glacier. Following its epic 1977 first ascent by British climbers Doug Scott and Chris Bonington—during which Scott broke both legs and crawled for over a week down the mountain—The Ogre repelled more than twenty international expeditions over twenty-four years before seeing a second ascent in 2001.