Photo tours in Northern Tien-Shan mountains.

“My friend draws mountains
As distant as a dream
Green lakes,
Yes, the lines of the forests "

Ada Yakusheva. "My friend draws mountains."

Trekking through pass Tourist from Left Talgar gorge to Big Almaty gorge.

Tourist Pass is located at an altitude of 4039 m. a. s. l., located on bridge, which is watershed of Big Almaty and Levyi Talgar rivers, on northern slope of Zailiyskiy Alatau ridge, on territory of the Ile-Alatau natural park in Bostandyk district of Almaty.

The path passes through the pass from the Big Almaty Gorge to the upper reaches of the Kyzylsay rivers to the upper reaches of the Turist River and further to the Left Talgar Gorge. One of the routes begins from the pass along the northeastern ridge and further along the northwestern ridge to the peak of the Soviet climbers, 4378.8 m. a. s. l.
Further, from the peak of Soviet climbers, you can continue along the northeastern ridge to the Young Guard peak, 4398.3 m. a. s. l. From the Tourist Pass you can walk along the northern ridge to a panoramic platform dominating the upper reaches of the Small Almaty gorge and from there climb the western ridge to the Pogrebetsky peak, 4231 m. a. s. l.
The so-called route of mountain tourists "Krugosvetka" passes through the pass. In the mid-80s of the last century, in the Kyzylsay tract at an altitude of 3550 m. a. s. l., a motor road was laid to the foot of the eastern moraine. A helipad and a hut for observers of Kazglavselezashchita were built here.
The observation was carried out over a moraine lake located at an altitude of 3593 m. a. s. l. in the western part of the glacier descending from the slope of Molodaya Gvardiya peak.

Geographic coordinates of moraine lake around Tourist pass: N43°00'40 E77°03'52

Geographic coordinates of Tourist pass: N43°01'43 E77°05'02

Authority:
Alexander Petrov.

Photos by
Sergei Mikhalkov and Alexander Petrov.