Backcountry on the Tuyuk-Su glacier
April — June
Almaty, Kazakhstan
The Tuyuk-Su glacier is located on the Northern slopes of the Trans-Ili Alatau range. The peaks around the glacier form a horseshoe-shaped ridge that includes several summits over four thousand metres: Peak Ordzhonikidze, Peak Partizan, Peak Tuyuk-Su, Peak Igly Tuyuk-Su, Peak Pogrebetsky, Peak Manshuk Mametova, Peak Mayakovsky, Peak Lokomotiv, Peak Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Peak Molodezhny, and Peak Titov.
The skiable part of the glacier is about 3,5 km long and its width ranges between 300 and 1,500 m.
Season: September-November, March-June.
Backcountry Guidebook: guidebook.powder.kz