Laila Peak in Hushe Valley near Gondogoro Glacier is in Karakoram range and is 6,096 meters (20,000 ft) high. It has a distinctive spear-like shape. Its northwest face has a slope of 45 degrees in more than 1500 vertical meters.
It has been climbed by Simon Yates among others. According to the local people in Hushe, Laila peak has been climbed only twice, a total of only seven people have submitted.
The height of the Laila peak in Hushe Valley is controversial. Some believe it to be 6200 meters whereas some mention it as 6614 meters. In a Japanese mountaineering map by Tsuneo Miyamori (published in 2003), the height of Laila Peak is mentioned as 6096 meters.
In the summer of 2005, the first ever ski attempts on Laila Peak were made by Fredrik Ericsson and Joren Aamot from Scandinavian countries. Although they could not reach the summit, they skied down the North-West face of the peak. They described it as “one of the most amazing mountains they have ever seen, like a needle it points straight up in the sky”.
Frederik and Jörgen reached the base camp of Laila Peak (4150 meters) on June 18, 2005, and they were at Camp1 (5000 meters) on June 22. They made their first attempt to summit on Friday, June 24. They started climbing from 5000 meters at 2:30 am and after seven hours of climbing when they were only 100 meters from the summit, they realized that it was too icy to continue, and started skiing down on the North-West face of Laila Peak towards Gondogoro Glacier.
