The dangerous Fairy Meadows Road: one false move and it’s a very long drop
Fairy Meadows Road is the name of a spectacular and dangerous high mountain track located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The unpaved road is completely unmaintained, there are no guardrails to protect you, and it gets so narrow that near the end you’ll have to cover the last section by walking or biking.
How long is Fairy Meadows Road?
Tucked away in the Fairy Meadows National Park, the road is totally unpaved. It’s 16km long (9,94 miles) long running north-south from the infamous Karakoram Highway to the village of Tato, near Fairy Meadows, a picturesque destination at an altitude of about 3,300 meters above the sea level
Is Fairy Meadows Road Safe?
It’s said to be one of the most dangerous roads in the world. Getting to Fairy Meadows is a huge risk that prevents many from enjoying the view. In 2013 the road was ranked as the second deadliest highway in the world, because it’s a ‘treacherous high altitude, unstable and narrow mountain road’. The most dangerous part of the road involves a narrow 6-mile ascend on an unpaved and uneven road. There are no barriers to prevent a vehicle from falling off the cliff to a fiery death. The road is no wider than a standard Jeep Wrangler and there’s plenty of through traffic. One false move and it’s a very long drop. The first part of the road can be driven by a 4×4 vehicle, but the concluding sections, all the way to Fairy Meadows, needs to be traversed by foot or by a bicycle owing to the congested narrow lane.
from: www.dangerousroads.org
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