Lobsang Spire
{{short description|Mountain in Pakistan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Lobsang Spire
| photo = Baltoro Muztagh during the mid day sun.png
| photo_caption = Lobsang Spire (left) above the Baltoro Glacier, with Broad Peak in the background right
| elevation_m = 5707
| elevation_ref =This is an approximate figure, based on [https://peakvisor.com/peak/lobsang-spire.html PeakVisor].
| prominence = circa 290 m (1000 ft)
| prominence_ref=This is an approximate figure, based on [https://peakvisor.com/peak/lobsang-spire.html PeakVisor].
| location = Karakoram, Pakistan
| map = Pakistan |relief =1
| range_coordinates =
| map_caption = Location in northern Pakistan
| map_size = 250
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|35|46|15|N|76|17|08|E|type:mountain_region:PA-UL_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| first_ascent = 13 June 1983 by Greg Child, Doug Scott, Peter Thexton (South Pillar)Paul Nunn, Karakoram 1983, [https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1984_files/AJ%201984%20212-215%20Nunn%20Karakoram.pdf Alpine Journal UK], 1984, p.212-215
}}
Lobsang Spire is a mountain in the Karakoram Range of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It rises above the Baltoro Glacier near Broad Peak.
First ascent
Lobsang Spire was first climbed on 13 June 1983 by an expedition led by Doug Scott, with Greg Child and Peter Thexton, via the South Pillar and in alpine style.Doug Scott, Lobsang Spire, [http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198402800/Lobsang-Spire American Alpine Journal], vol. 26, 1984 They climbed from 10–13 June in one of the first routes to employ big wall aid climbing techniques, including portaledges, in the Karakoram. A previous attempt by other expedition members Alan Rouse and Andy Parkin via the West ridge failed near the summit.
