اكتشاف آسيا باتاغونيا

Osh  – Uzgurush village. (1450 m.)  
Meet in airport Osh.   Transfer to Uzgurush village, the drive takes us about 7 hours. Accommodation in a local Kyrgyz family house. Trekking preparation. 

Uzgurush Village – Aksu Base Camp

 Passage up along Laylak river and further - along Ak-Machet to the confluence of Ak-Suu (wight water) and Kara-Suu (black water) rivers.
Overnight in Aksu Camp  (14km; 6hrs). Altitude difference: +1100m

Radial hike to the foot of Ak-Suu peak. 14km, 5 hours, +600m/-600 m. 
    The trail goes through juniper forest up a steep moraine to a glacier, to the very heart of Pamir-Alai – to peak Ak-Suu (5355 m). This pyramid like peak has a snow cap, and a vertical wall (almost 2 km) on the Northern slope. The grandiose circus is surrounded by such peaks as two-headed Iskander and Admiralteez, Petrogradez and A.Block. 
Overnight in Ak-Suu tent camp. 

Passage across Ak-Tubek pass (4390m). Descent to the Orto-Chashma river valley.
 Overnight  in Orto-Chashma Camp  (12km; 5hrs). Altitude difference: +1890m / -1390m.

Are You ready to come higher? Of course, You’re ready! We are to long way today, dear friends. But we don’t get used to give up! Eh? Horses have already moved ahead with their - no, with our loads, then we follow them. We are to ascend to quite high pass called Ak-Tubek. This way is not so long, but we are going to get quite appreciable altitude. So, it’s important thing to use Your energy sparingly today in order to be still in good mood and to feel only light touch of sweet fatigue in the body tonight when we come to the lodging for the night.

Descent to the Orto-Chashma river valley is long-continued but at the same time it is very enthralling and it passes across alpine meadows to confluence place where two rivers - Ak-Tubek and Dukenek, coming from two glaciers of the same name - flow into Orto-Chashma river. Tongues of these glaciers slip down from Turkestan ridge, losing more and more moisture from year to year and decreasing in size. But rivers though gladden the eyes with jolly swash on stones and plenty of water. And we are going to overnight here - near this confluence on the edge of juniper forest, and tonight You will see the show of the nature: in evening glow surrounding high summits will merge little by little into the background of becoming dark sky and soon they will completely disappear in the night darkness. But our fun company is not going to feel darkness - all people will get together at the table in roomy tent in order to eat with gusto at the dinner time and recover their powers spent today. It’s so fine - to sit around cozy campfire tinged with fragrance of dry gummed juniper twigs…Then - let You sleep, sleep, sleep!

Orto Chashma  – Kara-Suu tent camp (2800 m.) 16 km, 7-8 hours, +960 m./ -960 m. 
Crossing Orto-Chashma river on horses, then down the water flow, on a good trail till the start of ascent to Kosh Moinok pass (3700 m). The serpentine trail goes through juniper forest, passing by a cool spring and finishes at the saddle of Kara Suu pass (3760 m). From the top of the pass we have a wonderful view of an “ocean” of pointed snowcapped rocky peaks of Turkestan mountain range. We face a row of “fortresses” of North-Western faces of the peaks Kotin (4521 m), 1000-anniversary of Kreshenie Rusi (4507 m). 
Overnight in tents in Kara-Suu Tent Camp». 

 

Radial hike to the foot of peaks Asan Usan and Piramidalnyi. 8 km, 5 hours, + 300 m. / -300 m. 
Radial hike to Kara Suu gorge to the foot of peak Piramidalnyi (5509 m), 1000-anniversary of Kreshenie Rusi (Kyrkchilta) (4507 m.), Asan Usen (4378 m). 
An old legend says: «It was in ancient times. An old man who lived in the mountains had two sons-twins. Their names were Asan and Usen.  He brought them up as warriors and was very happy with the result. What do you need more when you get old? But a war started and both sons were killed in the battles. And then the man who got out of his mind because of the grief and sorrow, rose his arms up to the sky and asked Allakh: Oh, Allakh! You give the lifes, you take them. Return my sons to me, and take my life instead. Let it be so!» And Allakh heard his pray, and the ground opened and high peaks rose up on the spot. Many centuries went on, and people call the two bastions, standing next to each other at the beginning of Karavshin river, the names of the two sons Asan (4230 m) and Usen (4378 m). A bit further you may see the snowy white peak Piramidalnyi (Tubek) (5509m) standing against the blue sky. It reminds of the old man…». 
Overnight in tents in Kara Suu Camp. 
 

 Kara-Suu-  Ak-Suu Base Camp  2900m  5km, 3  hours, +200 m. / -200 m. 
Trekking  to Ak Suu gorge towards Slesov peak. 
Peak Slevov (4240m) looks like a monolit rock wall when you reach it from Ak Suu gorge. This is probably who foreigners call it Russian Tower. Peak 4240 – this is the official geographic name of the peak. Alpinists from Rostov city, Russian Federation named it Slesov in the memory of their countryman, a famous alpinist Ivan Slesov.  
We also see peaks Orto Tubek, Ptiza, 4774, 4810. 
Overnight in tents in Ak-Suu Camp

Ak-Suu Base Camp –To Egiz Jar (10 км 5-6 hours)  From Egiz-Jar to Ak-Tatyr village (35 km 3hours)

Let’s look back - there is Slesova  peak in splendour of its snowy garment. And at the moment that particular instants come when You may say goodbye to Slesova peak and its stately neighbors which are being at the same Turkestan ridge, because now we are going to walk down, moving away from these magnificent mountains more and more. We are to long way, but it won’t be boring. Firstly we reach confluence Ak-Suu and Karavshin rivers, passing by ruins ancient settlement called Karavshin, then we get confluence with Meshi river. Somewhere along the way we will have rest, boil water for making tea and have a snack, and after that we will go further - to the tributary of Karavshin river and  meet with drivers. Transfer to Ak-Tatyr village. Stay in Guest house.

Transfer from  Ak-Tatyr village to Osh.  Transfer to Osh. 265 km. (5 hrs)

 Accommodation at hotel. Free time. Overnight in Hotel

Home flight  

Transfer to Airport. Back to home