Top 10 Walks in mountains near Almaty

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Walking routes in Ile-Alatau park.

From Mynzhilki valley which is in upper courses of the Low-Almaty gorge by its east part, to the region of a dam there passes the track on a slope on the East, coming very close to the huge shaft of a final moraine blocking a way to a glacier to Tuyuk-Su.
At the height of 3450 meters above sea level, at one o'clock walking from Mynzhilki valley of a moraine there is a convenient glade Alpingrad. Near Alpingrad there are Amangeldy tops, Manshuk Mametova, 28 heroes of Panfilov men the Pioneer and others to which are convenient approaches from Alpingrad.
The platform Alpingrad is intended for placement of camps at ascensions on nearby peaks in the Low-Almaty gorge (riverheads Small Almatinka). From Mynzhilki meteorological station can climb a track to a popular glade Alpingrad M. Mametova located at a glacier at a foot of peaks of Amangeldy and the Pioneer.
From here the panorama on the central part of a glacier of Tuyuk-Su and on a spur Kumbel in the West where tops the Locomotive, by Z. Kosmodemyanskay (the first woman awarded posthumously ranks of the Hero of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War), Youth, Titova are located opens.
In mountain the ridge Kumbel there are three passes: The locomotive and Youth, conducting to Kumbelsu gorge and Titov pass conducting the Gorelnik in the gorge. From a glade Alpingrad through passes the Pioneer and the Uchitel it is possible to go down on Bogdanovich glacier giving rise to the river Sauruksay flowing into the river the Left Talgar.
Manshuk Mametova brings the pass in the gorge the Left Talgar to "A solar glade". From the glade Alpingrad ascensions on Amangeldy tops, the Pioneer Uchitel array, heroes Panfilov men (28 guardsmen Panfilov men), Manshuk Mametova, Antikaynen are possible.
Further there is widely known thin lake No. 6. Higher the beginnings of a track on Alpingrad, between the right slope and moraines of a glacier of Tuyuk--Su are available two more glades – Tashkent and "A black stone".
The glade Tashkent is the small closed grassy platform which is not blown by winds. Therefore on the glade warmly, as in Tashkent. The glade "Black stone" is located above and called so on a characteristic big stone of dark color.
From these glades ascensions on the tops of a glacier of Tuyuk-Su located in the Small and Almaty spur are possible or there pass category passes in the Small and Almaty spur, to the south of M. Mametova  peak, conducting in the gorge the Left Talgar.

Authority:
http://almatyregion-tour.kz/ru/location/mynzhilki-stow.html

Photos
Alexander Petrov.