Batura Sar is the 25th highest mountain in the world and the second most prominent peak in the Karakoram range.

[2] Since it lies at the northwest end of the Karakoram, there is no higher peak north or west of it in the world.

Although it is just slightly higher (according to the usual figures) than nearby Rakaposhi, it is not nearly as famous, since it is set back much further from the Hunza Valley.

A climber named Matthias Rebitsch is recorded (by Neate) as having been in the icefall area (this is presumably the Batura First Ice Flow on the north side of the peak) in 1954.

The Himalayan Index[4] lists an ascent in 1984, but this is contradicted by Neate's book, so the status of this is unclear.

The year 1988 saw the third or fourth ascent of Batura Sar, by another Polish-German expedition, led by Piotr Młotecki.

The first ascent party reported ice up to 50 degrees, but they do not record the use of any extensive fixed ropes.