In this section we offer tours with ascents to peaks over 4,000 meters above sea level, located in the Zailiysky Alatau ridge, Northern Tien Shan.
All routes are technical (not trekking), require the use of special equipment and skills. For some routes, you do not need to have previous mountain climbing experience, since the tour includes a preliminary preparatory course on the rocks. For others, participants are required to have mountaineering skills, which we will not be able to teach you in 1 day.
We are proud of our team of professional experienced climbing and mountaineering instructors under a leadership of the senior guide Alexey Raspopov - Kazakhstan climber, summiter of 8 eight-thousanders (of all 14).
Still you have to consider that mountaineering is a physically and technically demanding sport. Climbing a mountain is not a one-day hike or even a difficult trek. Any climb is always associated with a certain degree of risk.
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Difficulty scale
| ♦ easy hiking / sightseeing tour with short walking distances at lower height. Does not require any specific skills or good physical shape ♦♦ easy tour, which can although include walking for up to 3-5 hours on good trails up to 3000 meters above sea level; short activities or camping in nature ♦♦♦ moderate level tour with long walks (4-6 hours), sometimes without trails, up to 3500 meters. May include long drives and camping in nature. No specific skills, but normal or good physical state is required ♦♦♦♦ advanced level tour. May include long hikes (5-7 hours a day) in different weather conditions, on different terrain - sometimes without trails and at an altitude above 3500 meters above sea level. The route may contain some technical difficulties like climbing, altitude hiking, river crossing, multi-night camping etc. Goog physical state and possibly some specific trekking/climbing skills are required ♦♦♦♦♦ hard level tour, which includes long hikes (5-7 hours a day) in different weather conditions, on different terrain without trails and at an altitude above 3500 meters above sea level. The route contains technical difficulties like climbing, altitude hiking, river crossing, multi-night camping etc. Goog physical state and some specific trekking/climbing skills are required |
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Panorama of the peaks of Maloalmatinsky gorge
