Tours to At-Bashi mountains.

“In order to see the stars, every year we need to move farther and farther away from home...”

Yuri Vizbor.

Trip to Tash-Rabat caravanserai in At-Bashi mountains.

At-Bashi mountain range is located in the southern part of the Inner Tien-Shan, is located in the southern part of the Western Tien-Shan, in the south of Naryn region in the At-Bashi district. The ridge separates the At-Bashi basin in the north from the Chatyr-Kol basin and the Aksai syrts in the south.
The length of the At-Bashi ridge from southwest to northeast is 140 kilometers, the maximum width in the central part reaches 48 kilometers. The average height of the ridge reaches 4280 meters above sea level, the maximum height is 4786 meters above sea level.
The dominant peak of the ridge is the Koshkar-Ata peak, 4788.9 meters above sea level, located in the central part of the glaciation. The second highest peak is Mount Kensu with a height of 4757.4 meters above sea level, located 16 kilometers southwest of Koshkar-Ata.
The third highest peak is Oshayryk, 4751 meters above sea level, located 9.4 kilometers southwest of Koshkar-Ata peak. In the eastern part of the ridge, the dominant peak is the Karangy-Ter peak, 4410.2 meters above sea level, located in the upper reaches of the Karangy-Ter River, which is the left tributary of the Aksai West River.
In the eastern part, on the southern slope of the ridge, there is Lake Uyurme-Kel, located at an altitude of 3746.4 meters above sea level. In the western part of the ridge is the peak of Kichi-Kurumdu, located at an altitude of 4516 meters above sea level.
In the southwestern part of the At-Bashi ridge there is Chatyr-Kol Lake, located at an altitude 3530.2 meters above sea level, located between the southwestern part of the Atbashi ridge and the northeastern part of the Torugart-Too ridge in the Atbashinsky district of the Naryn region.
The length of the lake from southwest to northeast is 22.5 kilometers, the largest width in the central part is 10.8 kilometers. The area of ​​the water mirror is 160.1 square kilometers, the perimeter of the lake reaches 57.37 kilometers, the average volume of water is 8.5 cubic kilometers.
The slopes of the ridge are cut by river valleys and ravines. In the upper reaches there are small glaciers, trough valleys, cirques. The ridge is composed of Paleozoic metamorphic schists, limestones, sandstones, gneisses, shales, conglomerates, marbles, tuffs, porphyrites, and partly igneous rocks (granites, syenites).
Glaciers in At-Bashi Range.
On the crest of the Atbashi Ridge there are glacial forms, modern glaciation (the total area is about 150 square kilometers). There are 149 glaciers on the At-Bashy ridge with an area of ​​106.2 square kilometers. The area of ​​glaciation is approximately equally divided between the northern and southern slopes, but small cirque and hanging glaciers predominate on the north, and on the south, gently descending to the Chatyr-Kol and Ak-Sai syrts, mainly valley glaciers ending at an altitude of 3900 - 4100 meters above sea level .
The largest glacier, with an area of ​​6.9 square kilometers, lies at the head of the Mustavas River. Large glaciers: Kosh-Kara-Tash, Muzdabas, Acha-Kaiyndy, Tuyuk-Bogoshtu. Passes: Jol-Bogoshtu, Uyurme, Tash-Rabat, Ichke. The ridge is dominated by mountain-meadow and subnival landscapes.
Mineral deposits in At-Bashi ridge.
There are deposits of mercury, lead, nickel, marble, building materials, etc.
Landscapes in At-Bashi Range.
Landscapes: on the southern slopes alpine, subalpine at an altitude of 3600 to 3900 meters above sea level, alpine tundra, nival belt at an altitude of 3900 to 4300 meters above sea level, on the northern slopes mountain steppes at an altitude of 2400 to 2700 meters above sea level , mountain meadows at an altitude of 2700 to 3000 meters above sea level, subalpine, alpine at an altitude of 3400 to 3800 meters above sea level and tundra at an altitude of 3800 to 4300 meters above sea level, western - rocky, steppe, subalpine and tundra.
Geographical coordinates of At-Bashi ridge: N40°56'30.30" E75°43'18.34"

Authority:
Alexander Petrov.
"Glaciers." L.D. Dolgushin, G.B. Osipova. Series "Nature of the world." Moscow, the publishing house "Thought". 1989.

Photos by
Alexander Petrov.