Alatau Guide
In July 2026, an Alatau Guide expedition climbed Mt Talgar via the North Ridge. The team consisted of guide Kirill Belotserkovskiy and two strong Swiss climbers: David and…
There are dozens of ice climbing routes in Eastern Turkey. Here you’ll find locations and descriptions of the most interesting.
A summary of last summer’s Alatau Guide expedition to climb new routes on long-forgotten mountains of Ile Alatau.
Standing at 4979 meters, Talgar is the highest peak in whole Ile Alatau range.
Kirill Belotserkovskiy (lead gude at Alatau Guide) and Maxim Popov climbed new route on the north face of Turgen, 4407m.
Tamgaly Tas is the most developed rock climbing area in Central Asia. Now there are about 200 established routes and counting.
Detailed topo of Tuyuk-Su area. It covers basins of Tuyuk-Su and Bogdanovich glaciers. They are located in Ile Alatau range of Tyan-Shan mountains in Kazakhstan.
Description of the best ice climbing destination in Central Asia.