[citation needed] The first successful recorded ascent was in 1958 by Mike Banks and Tom Patey, members of a British expedition, via the southwest Spur/Ridge route.

[7] The people of Nagar and Bagrot Valley have dedicated the Rakaposhi range mountain area as a community park.

[citation needed] The Rakaposhi mountain range is the home of endangered species such as Marco Polo sheep, snow leopard, brown bear, and wolves.

On the north, it rises 5,900 metres (19,357 ft) in only an 11.2 km (7 mi) horizontal distance from the Hunza River.

Rakaposhi is the only mountain in the world that rises straight from the nearby cultivated fields to the height of 25,550 feet.