Passu Cones or Passu Cathedral a set of great mountain peaks above 6000 meters high. Passu Cones / Catherdal is the most photogenic top of the whole area towers on the other side of the river amazing rock crown of Passu Cathedral.

Tupopdan 6106 meters also known as ‘Passu Cones or Passu Cathedral  lies to the north of the Gulmit village Upper Valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is the most photographed peak in Hunza Valley. Also nearby are the high peaks of Passu peak, Shisper peak and Batura walls. Perhaps one of the most beautiful view of the Hunza Valley are the Passu Cones and Passu glacier that one see soon after the Attabad Lake. Passu Cones are a fence of thorns growing from earth to protect the jewels of the Northern Areas of Pakistan.The Passu Cones jagged peaks are a long saw blade cutting clouds into pieces.

Tourists promote the Tupopdan Peak as Passu Cathedral or Passu Cones. The Passu cones are a wall of spears fortifying in the Karakoram mountain range in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Locals call them Tupopdan meaning Sun swallowing mountain or shining or hot rock. Indeed on the last rays of the sunset the mountain tops glow like red hot iron spears in a forge.

There are so many shapes and more than nine different colors you will see in Passu Cones and the gaze cannot escape them. Passu Cones it drifts back and forth from one peak to another.The serrated peaks of Passu Cones are very alluring. Gulmit is a peaceful village surrounded by these magnificent mountains and with the river flowing through it. Glaciers and their rivers run across. Great place to walk, hike, trek or climb. Once can enjoy the sunrise or sunset views on Passu Cones / Passu Catherdal while staying Gulmit Continental Hotel in Upper Hunza Valley.