Excursion walks to Big Almaty Gorge.

“And on a bright day and in sorrow
He stubbornly believes
What are mountains in the world -
Distant as a dream"

Ada Yakusheva. "My friend draws mountains."

Photos of Big Almaty Gorge.

The Lokomotiv peak is located at an altitude of 4209.4 m. a. s. l., located in the Maloalmatinsky spur on northern slope of the Zailiysky Alatau ridge, on the territory of the Ile-Alatau park in the Bostandyk district of Almaty.

The Lokomotiv peak is located 515 meters southwest of the Gorelnik peak, 4181 meters m. a. s. l., 2.7 kilometers southwest of the Sovetov peak, 4317 m. a. s. l.. Between the peaks Lokomotiv and Soviets lies the Soviet Builders Pass (Memory of Friends) 3899 m. a. s. l.
The Tuyuksu glacier is located on the western slopes of Lokomotiv peak. The ascent to Lokomotiv peak along the classic route was assigned a category of complexity 1B. The first ascent to the summit was made in 1940 by a group of the Tuyuksu alpine camp under the leadership of V. Kuzmin.

Geographic coordinates of Lokomotiv peak: N43°02'18 E77°03'51

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.