Depart Islamabad at 5:00 am on the Hazara Motorway and reach Balakot for breakfast at about 8:30 am. At Kiwai (about 9:30 am) the group moves into jeeps for the half-hour climb to Shogran and the rough track to Siri Paye, where we spend around two hours in the meadows. After lunch at Shogran we drive down at about 2:30 pm and return through Balakot and Mansehra, reaching Islamabad between 9:00 and 10:00 pm.
- 5:00 am depart Islamabad, motorway to Mansehra
- 8:30 am breakfast near Balakot by the Kunhar river
- Jeeps from Kiwai to Shogran and on to Siri Paye
- Siri Paye meadows and lunch break at Shogran
- In deep snow Siri Paye is shut; we stay on the Shogran slopes
- Back in Islamabad around 9:00-10:00 pm