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      Tien Shan Trekking                                  

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Duration: 22 days
Period: July - August
Grade: Strenuous
Min Group: 8 Persons
Weather conditions:  Summer (June-August) daytime air temperature +18…+24° C (max +34° C), night-time +3…+11° C (ground frost occur). Rains are short and lavish.

Day 1 Arrival at midnight. Transfer to hotel. At leisure. Bus drive across the endless steppe to Karkara Base Camp (2250 m) 280 km - 5 hours. Overnight in family-tents.
Day 2 Leaving the lake behind, walk along the river up. Ascent of Bas-Karkara Peak (3500 m) - 5 hours. First view of the Celestial Mountains. Back to the Base Camp.
Day 3 Drive by truck along Karkara River across mountain forest, visiting nomad yurt for degustation of kumys (horse milk) on the way - 6 hours. Camp on the river bank (2980 m).
Day 4 Cross over Kurbegenty Pass (3570 m) - 3 hours. Descent to plateau - 2 hours. Camp (3100 m).
Day 5 Trek along the Tuyuk Kokpak Canyon - 5 hours. Camp in the forest meadow (2600 m).
Day 6 Cross over the pass and ascent of the summit with the panoramic view (3300 m) - 3 hours. Descent to Ulken Kokpak Valley - 2 hours. Camp located in the meadow
(2500 m).
Day 7 Trek up along mountain stream to Igilyk Pass (3452 m) - 4 hours. Descent to Karakol Lake - 1 hour. Camp (3105 m).
Day 8 At leisure. Stay on the lake side. You can use this time to explore the environs of Celestial Mountains.
Day 9 Trek up to Akkol Pass (3750 m) - 3 hours. Over the pass and descent to Akkol Lake - 2 hours. Camp (3069 m).
Day 10 Upwards along the Kaskabulak River to the saddle and further over the pass 3700m. Descent to the valley of the Ashutor River and further upwards along the river bank - 8 hours. Camp (3100m).
Day 11 Trek up along the rapid current of Ashutor and step foot on Nadezhda Glacier (moraine lakes, huge crevices, glacier breaks) - 7 hours. Camp on moraine (3600 m).
Day 12 Ascent of Nadezhda Pass (4120 m) adjoining the snow-clad glacier demands walking following in the tracks - 3 hours. Panopama of the numerous ice-chained summits world opens to you. Descent along the stony gorge down to Semyonov glacier - 3 hours. Camp (3900 m).
Day 13 Cross over Semyonov Pass (4700 m) - 4 hours. Magnificent view. Descent to Camp (4000 m) - 2 hours.
Day 14 Long trek, partially over glacier, stones and moraine, down to Bayankol Base Camp (3300 m) - 7 hours. Beautiful view of Bayankol peak (5791 m) Kazakhstan Peak (5761 m), Marble Wall Peak (6400 m) on the way.
Day 15 Outwalk to Chinese Pass (4000 m) - 3 hours. Panoramic view of the picturesque Sintsyan Peaks. Back to the Base Camp - 2 hours.
Day 16 Helicopter flight from Bayankol BC to the North Inylchek Glacier BC (4000 m) - 20 min. Accomodation in BC
Day 17-19 Three-day ascent of Karlytau Peak (5450 m). Intermediate Camp at the altitude of 4800 m.
Back to the North Inylchek BC.
Day 20 Helicopter flight over Inylchek Glacier to Mertsbakher Lake and return to Karkara Base Camp - 45 min. Drive back to Almaty (280 km) - 5 hours. Overnight in hotel.
Day 21 Sightseeing of the city, ethnic and souvenir shopping. Overnight in hotel.
Day 22 Transfer to the airport. Fly home.
Print version Taylor made program Route Map

WHAT TO BRING:

We recommend you to bring the following stuff:
  • Comfortable sport clothes and shoes
  • Shorts and T-shirts for hot days
  • Waterproofs for rainy days
  • Warm jacket for cold days
  • Sunglasses, hat and sun block cream
  • Four-season sleeping bag and sleeping mad
  • Good trekking boots
  • Towels and toiletry
  • Camera: still and video
  • River crossing sandals
  • Cash for most of the payment (credit cards are accepted only in some places)
  • Personal climbing equipment
THE TOUR COST COVERS:
  • Invitation and visa support ·
  • Meeting and seeing off at the Almaty Airport
  • All transfers
  • Interpreter's service
  • Hotel accommodation on double basis hotel in Almaty
  • Sightseeing tour in Almaty (3 hours)
  • Registration in the local police office
  • Insurance of local staff
  • Reconfirmation of air-tickets
  • Permits
  • Ecological duties
  • Guide
  • Suupport team service
  • Cook
  • Three meals a day
  • Kitchen-tent
  • Trekking tent for 2 persons on the route
  • Toilet-tent on the route
  • Carrying of the luggage by horses
  • Evacuation of debris from camps
  • Medical aid
THE TOUR COST DOES NOT COVER:
  • Rescue works (a copy of insurance policy required as helicopter rescue can be in emergency situations)
  • Changing of date of departure from Almaty by international airlines
  • Additional meal and night in a hotel of Almaty
  • Drinks in the bar
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