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LAILA PEAK (6,096-M) EXPEDITION - Shipton Tours Trekking & Expeditions Laila Peak in Hushe Valley near Gondogoro Glacier is in Karakorum range and is 6,096 metres (20,000 ft) high. It has a distinctive spear-like shape. Its northwest face has a slope of 45 degrees in more than 1500 vertical metres.It has been climbed by Simon Yates, among others. According to the local people in Hushe, Laila peak has been climbed only twice, a total of only seven people have summited. It was climbed in winter for the first time by Spanish mountaineers Alex Txikon and José Fernandez, in February 2013.