Ascend Musa Ka Musallah from Paras - Sharan Forest

[amin12]

@asifcae bhai, can you please advise if you have knowledge or experience about climbing Musa Ka Musallah from Sharan?

We are planning a hiking trip, starting from Paras and trekking to Sharan Forest -is there track there so we can avoid jeep road and take direct track? after night camping around Sharan forest, we plan to ascend Musa Ka Musallah from Sharan forest.

I know, it's steep ascend and it's very difficult, but i'm not sure how long it will take from Sharan Forest to Musa ka Musalla and where should we camp for night 2?

How is snow situation at top around first week of june?

please guide..

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@nagar1 @tourist trekking

[asifcae]

yes bro there is a trek from sharan to musa ka musallah top..... i havnt done it from this side but have seen the trek from sharan.... its a long trek from there... it will take one complete day from sharan.. so its advised u reach sharan and camp at the start of trek .............. then next day trk uptill top........

[amin12]

thank you @asifcae for your response, yes- we plan to reach Sharan and camp there for first night, I'm not sure how much time it would take us to reach to MKM from Sharan and if we can return back to Sharan in 1 day, means we go up from Sharan to top and then return back.

[asifcae]

no return in one day.. its best u camp at BC of peak from this side...there will b ample camping spots there.... after sumit u can stay here the night and next day mayb reach paras all the way....

[asifcae]

this is the view of MKM from Sharan forest ahead of main camping spot

Musa from Sharan by asif saeed, on Flickr

[asifcae]

the baren patch below snow cap is the way up.......

[asifcae]

so basically at pic right botom this naka starts till top...........

[amin12]

@asifcae bhai, thank you so much for your valuable guidance!

this is very helpful for our planning..!

[tourist]

Since the trek is too long better to take1 horse for your luggage and a guide.
You can get it from Mandagucha.

[amin12]

@tourist bhai, I believe munda gucha village comes from shinkiyaari approach, we are going up from Sharaan side.

Are you sure munda gucha village will come from this side of the mountain?

From Sharaan, I think there is no village or abaadi after Sharaan forest.

Please confirm.

[amin12]

@asifcae bhai, this is what i see in map... naka.. to top.. i hope so

[asifcae]

munda gucha is in sirin valley not here afzal bhai.... yehan say b guide and porter tu must ha....

[asifcae]

yes i guess tis is one way of getting there.. probably same route is in my pic........

[amin12]

i think we got high level idea on this trip inshAllah..

in first week of june, there will be snow after 10,000... not sure how much snow will be at the top!

[asifcae]

top will b covered in snow at that time....

[tourist]

i believe munda gucha village comes from shinkiyaari approach, we are going up from

Yes, you are right, Munda Ghucha is on the way from Shinkiari to MKM.
Asif Bhai I was confused bcuz of the Porter.

[amin12]

We made the attempt from Sharan to MKM, alhamdulilah

We got hit by nasty thunderstorm and hailstorm when we reached "Mali Top" and then descended down to Naga Village and from there Jabory village and took Jeep to Balakot (3 hours)... MKM summit not successful

I then returned again with my hiking group via Balakot -> Jabory -> Nagan -> Mali Top and MKM top... alhamdulilah!

by the Grace of Allah swt we did it, weather was changing fast but we did it alhamdulilah and returned back!

MKM ascend from this route is most challenging and not recommended, it's so sharp ascend, at points we were doing rock climbing with danger of falling down in deep canyon.. not just these tricky sharp climbs but also the ascend from 7,000 feet to 13,000 is very exhausting..

Shinkyari and other routes are easy, gradual and you can get porters.. mules and helpers.. going to MKM from these sides are not very common..

[OvaisAlam]

Would love to see images/videos of that

[pwuser16786314481]

Salam sir, i m from Quetta, have the intention to hike the Musa is mussla and other mountains in naboughering areas, kindly if possible put your comments on the subject matter please.