The first recorded ascent of the mountain was on 21 July 1950 by a Norwegian-British expedition consisting of Arne Næss, P. Kvernberg, H. Berg, and Tony Streather,[2] depicted in the documentary film Tirich Mir til topps.

Tirich Mir overlooks the town of Chitral, and can be easily seen from the main bazaar.

From that point onwards, there are summertime grazing pastures and shepherd huts leading up to the snout of the lower Tirich glacier, which goes further up to Tirich Concordia, where glaciers from seven sub-valleys slide down and join at the Concordia glacial confluence.

On this specific altitude (4,245 m or 13,927 ft asl) we find moderately cold winters and cool summers generally above freezing.

Annual mean temperature is −5.25 °C (22.55 °F), which puts the station well inside the range of continuous permafrost.

According to the polytheist Kalash people who live nearby, this mountain is the domain of the goddess Krumai.