K2 Winter Ascent 2025. The nepali climbers are the first to summit k2 during its dangerous winter season. K2, infamously known as 'the savage mountain', remains the only 8000m peak not to be climbed in winter.
The cutoff for an undisputed winter ascent is february 28, the last day of the meteorological winter. Ollie rooke · 19th january 2021.