This
trek took us to the Northern side of the beautiful Western Kokshaal-Too
range in the South-East of
Access
map of the trek (green line)
Itinerary of the trek (red line).
For full-resolution topographic maps of the trek area click: 500K-Kokshaal-Too,
100K-Kyzyl-Asker,
and 100K-Dankov.
In
a restaurant along the road toward Naryn
Views of Naryn (Naryn is certainly not a beautiful city, but it is not as bad as it looks on these pictures, and the surroundings are gorgeous)
The Western end of the Kokshaal-Too range, with the graveyard of the Atbachy village in the foreground
Near the beginning of the trek
The Kokshaal-Too range around Kyzyl-Asker
Peak Kyzyl-Asker (5842m) at different hours of the day
Peak Dankov (5982m) on the right
Looking north toward Kjubjurgenty pass
Smaller
range on the North side of the Kotur valley (east of Kjubjurgenty pass)
Crossing Djurek pass
Valley of the Uzengi
river just north of Peak Dankov. Unfortunately, the river was too big to cross.
Uzengi river (seen from point A in itinerary map). Peak Dankov is visible on the left side of the river (right bank)
Closer views of Peak Dankov
View from point B in itinerary map
View from point C
On our way to point D
Views from point D
Marco-Polo sheep on our way between points
D and E. They are not easy to approach ...
... unless they are dead
Views from point E
One of several rivers we had to ford
Vyacheslav and Maksim warming their feet after the crossing
Usual weather in late afternoon
Peak Kyzyl-Asker viewed
from point F
River running from peak Kyzyl-Asker
Kosh scenes on our
way back (point G in the itinerary map)
