Building the Pamir Trail
In 2021 a small team set out to explore the possibly hardest section of the Pamir Trail. Filmmaker Michel Fakhoury joined us on this journey and shot these incredible images. Friends of the Pamir Trail Rana Labs turned the footage into this short edit. Apart from showing the beauty of the Pamirs, in this short film we explain a little more what we are trying to achieve with this long-distance hiking trail.
A Short Walk in the Afghan Pamirs
Pamir Trail founder Jan Bakker shares his story on a traverse across the Pamir Mountains on the Afghanistan side deep in the Wakhan Corridor. This route will be added to the Pamir Trail at the end of 2025.
Thru Hiking the Roof of the World
In the summer of 2024 long-distance hikers Michaela Hrda and Martina Merisi from Czechia became the first people to thru hike the Pamir Trail . We’re excited to share an interview we did with them shortly after they returned to their home country.
An Explorer’s Account of Finding the Beob Pass
One of our Pamir Trail explorers made a successful traverse from the Zerafshan valley to the Rasht Valley, a crux passage that took a few years to find. This achievement resulted in the connection of the northern part of the Pamir Trail. This is his story.
Connecting the Dots
Our 2022 recce team researched two high-altitude mountain passes of over 4400 metres to connect section 9 on the Pamir Trail. Read the story here.
A shepherd’s journey across a Zerafshan Pass
A shepherd’s caravan epic mountain journey across the Zerafshan Valley
A trail dog called Sioma
What if a small pup tags along on your trek? This article tells the story of four days of trekking with a mountain pup in the Hissar Mountains, part of section 2.
Formidable Barriers
On the first dedicated recce on the Pamir Trail in 2021 a small team tries to forge a hiking route in the Northern Pamirs. Read all about the adventure here.
The Fann Mountains revisited
A hike doesn’t have to be long-distance to be great. This short hike through the magical Fann Mountains on section 1 of the Pamir Trail is the proof of this statement.
50 shades of blue in the Pamirs
Curious to know what one of the most beautiful parts of the Pamir Trail is like? In this article we describe an epic trek in the Pamir Lake District, partly on section 8 on the Pamir Trail.