Kyrgyzstan ski touring in the Tian Shan Mountains

Arrival in Bishkek. Transfer to the hotel and rest until noon. The French guide checks your equipment and gives a short briefing. After lunch, departure for the famous resort of Karakol in the east of the country on a very beautiful road on the banks of Lake Isik Kul. Nothing like a stop en route to the natural hot springs of Korumdu … before a good night’s sleep in Karakol.

Transfer: minibus (400km / 6h)

Meals included this day: Breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation included today: 3-star hotel.

Highest station in Central Asia, culminating at 3040m, the morning allows to warm up, test the levels of each and the kirgiz snow! In the afternoon, we put on the skins to climb one of the surrounding peaks. Return to our hotel.

D + 600 / -600m

Meals included this day: Breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation included today: 3-star hotel

Transfer to the magnificent valley of Zhergalan regularly supplied with coarse powder and far from being used to tourists … Ski touring through the beautiful spruce forests Tienshan to reach one of the many surrounding peaks. Return to our hotel.

Transfer: minibus (200km / 4h)

D + 800 / -800m

Meals included this day: Breakfast – picnic – dinner

Accommodation included this day: Hotel

Departure for the unique valley of Karkara (2200m above sea level), known for its “Koumis” mare’s milk. Our local team is waiting for us with snowmobiles and sleds to connect the last 15 km (or 40 km, it depends on snow level) which separate us from the base. Atmosphere and unique experience await you! Installation in yurts and meals in the “common room”. The place is very warm, and relaxation is conducive between the “leisure” yurt and the Russian sauna, accessible every evening.

Ski touring in one of the surrounding valleys.

Transfer: 4×4 and snowmobile (2-3h)

D + 800 / -800m

Meals included this day: Breakfast – picnic – dinner

Accommodation included today: Comfort yurts

Snowmobile departure for a neighboring valley and ski touring. Return to our yurt camp and relax, with a soup and a sauna before dinner. 

D + 1100 / -1100m

Meals included this day: Breakfast – picnic – dinner

Accommodation included today: Comfort yurts

Same story, wild skiing in one of the neighboring valleys (you can smell the best conditions), towed by snowmobile to get to the spot. Return to our yurt camp and relax!

D + 1200 / -1200m

Meals included this day: Breakfast – picnic – dinner

Accommodation included today: Comfort yurts

After having taken full eyes in Karkara, return to Bishkek early in the morning, with nice coffee and tea breaks in the local roadhouses. Lunch on the way. Kirgiz is the only ex-soviet country where there are still statues and images of Lenin. We take advantage of the afternoon to visit the huge market of Osh in Bishkek. It is the ideal place and time to find some souvenirs, bring a chapka, immerse yourself in the life of the locals “in the city”. Night at the hotel.

Transfer: minibus (440km / 7-8h)

Meals included this day: Breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation included today: 3-star hotel

After a good breakfast, transfer to the airport. Return flight

Meals included this day: Breakfast

This is an example of a “Ski touring in Kirgistan” program. The weather, snow conditions and the level of the participants may cause the guide to modify the guide or to make certain routes in a different order. We ask you to respect his choices. Ski touring that can take place in France and Italy. We may also have to change accommodation, in the same range, for logistical or availability questions. 

 In the event of a change in the ‘Uses and Customs’ defined by the local guide companies, which estimate the reasonable number of customers per guide, so that the latter supervises you in safety, Azimut respects these changes even if it occurs after the placing in travel sales. These cases are rare and often linked to exceptional mountain conditions, and compensation may be required in the event of a drop in the number of participants per guide.