Tag: Mountains
Kel-Tor Lake Hike
The hike to Kel-Tor Lake is one of the most rewarding, but strenuous, of the short hikes near Bishkek. At only about three miles each way, the hike is not long, but the climb of close to 3,000 feet makes up for it – and makes some steep stretches of the trail at least as […]
Posted: June 29th, 2011 under Bishkek, Day Trip, GPS, Hiking, Kyrgyzstan, Mapping, Travel.
Tags: Bishkek, Day Trip, GPS, Hiking, Kyrgyzstan, Mapping, Mountains
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To Climber’s Cemetery
I got a few hours free on the weekend to hike up to the climber’s cemetery in Ala Archa National Park. The cemetery was established in Soviet times for fallen climbers (most often, literally fallen climbers). It is hidden away in a grove of larch trees — well enough hidden that I missed it the […]
Posted: January 21st, 2010 under Hiking, Kyrgyzstan.
Tags: Hiking, Kyrgyzstan, Larry, Mountains
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First Forays
We got our jeep and immediately had to get out of town and see a bit more of the country. The first weekend we were going to drive up to Ala Archa, a mountainous national park just 25 miles south of the city. However, as we were leaving town we were passed by a motorcycle. […]
Posted: October 12th, 2009 under Kyrgyzstan.
Tags: Aliciya, Bishkek, Mountains, Sevara, Tatyana
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