Adventure tourism in Kazakhstan mountains.

“Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Outdoor adventure in Central Asia.

The total glaciation area of ​​the Talas Alatau is about 200 square kilometers.
More than 300 glaciers are known. In total, 281 glaciers are registered in the Talas and Assa basins, two-thirds of them are located in the described area, but many are extremely small in size. Only 8 glaciers are more than 3 kilometers long, while 164 glaciers do not exceed 1 kilometer.
The height of the snow line is 3700 - 3800 meters above sea level.
The largest glaciers in the Talas Alatau.
Glacier Vokrug Sveta, with a length of 3.6 kilometers, an area of ​​6.8 square kilometers, located at an altitude of 3180 to 4110 meters above sea level, belongs to the Talas River basin.
The Aktashly glacier, 3.3 kilometers long, with an area of ​​3.6 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3570 to 4250 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Assa River.
The Jerui Glacier, 3.3 kilometers long, 1.7 square kilometers in area, is located at an altitude of 3640 to 3900 meters above sea level, belongs to the Talas River basin.
Glacier No. 167, 3.3 kilometers long, an area of ​​2.5 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3700 to 4100 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Talas River.
The Kuruchkol glacier, with a length of 3.2 kilometers, an area of ​​3.8 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3300 to 3700 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Assa River.
The Muzbel Pravyi glacier, 3.2 kilometers long, with an area of ​​3.6 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3450 to 4400 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Talas River.
The Bakaiyr glacier, 3.2 kilometers long, an area of ​​2.2 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3500 to 4140 meters above sea level, belongs to the Talas river basin.
The Kuganda glacier, 3.0 kilometers long, an area of ​​2.2 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3440 to 4160 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Assa River.
The Kashka-Suu glacier, 2.9 kilometers long, with an area of ​​3.8 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3320 to 4000 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Assa River.
Glacier No. 53, 2.8 kilometers long, 3.2 square kilometers in area, is located at an altitude of 3600 to 4120 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Talas River.
The Don-Korumdy glacier, 2.7 kilometers long, an area of ​​2.2 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3600 to 4110 meters above sea level, belongs to the Talas river basin.
The Besh-Tash Bolshoi glacier, 2.6 kilometers long, with an area of ​​3.2 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3650 to 3950 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Talas River.
The Chakmak Glacier, 2.6 kilometers long, with an area of ​​1.7 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3280 to 4120 meters above sea level, belongs to the Talas River basin.
The Denisova Glacier, 2.6 kilometers long, 1.6 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3260 to 3900 meters above sea level, belongs to the Arys River basin.
The Beshkol glacier, 2.5 kilometers long, with an area of ​​3.6 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3370 to 4100 meters above sea level, belongs to the Talas River basin.
The Muzbel Pravyi glacier, 2.5 kilometers long, with an area of ​​3.1 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3800 to 4200 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Talas River.
Glacier YUKTU, 2.4 kilometers long, area 0.8 square kilometers, located at an altitude of 3080 to 3750 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the Arys River.
The Zhebaglysu glacier, 2.4 kilometers long, with an area of ​​0.8 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3080 to 3750 meters above sea level, belongs to the basin of the tributary of the Arys River.

Authority:
"Glaciers". L. D. Dolgushin, G.B. Osipova. Series "Nature of the World". Moscow, publishing house "Mysl". 1989.

Photos by
Alexander Petrov.