Shimshal Mountaineering School

Established formally in 2009-with the support of Simone Moro(co-founder of SMS) and their sponsors(The North Face & Fineco Bank), Shimshal Mountaineering School (SMS) is a pioneer in professional mountaineering training institute in Pakistan. A dream project of Shimshal’s renowned mountaineers Qudrat Ali and Shaheen Baig, SMS strive to promote healthy sports and excellence in professional mountaineering through extensive hands-on mountaineering training programs.



Led by a team of renowned mountaineering instructors, with treasure of mountaineering experience, SMS has a very customized and tailor-made mountaineering courses to suit the needs of beginners as well as advance level mountaineers

Located at the heart of Shimshal, known as the land of mountaineers, SMS offers a wide range of mountaineering training programs with special emphasis on women mountaineering. SMS is the first ever mountaineering institute in Pakistan which initiated an exclusive mountaineering program for women and since its inception, SMS has been conducting various training courses and expeditions, exclusive for women.