Ala Archa
Submitted by lostnomads on Fri, 2005-03-11 17:49.DURATION: 1-3 days
TOTAL DISTANCE: up to 150 km
TREKKING ROUTE: 45 km
SEASON: in good weather
This area offers challenging but spectacular climbing and hiking trails in the vicinity of Ala Archa National Park. “Climbing in the Ala Archa area has began over 40 years ago. The most elevated peaks of Kyrgyz Alatoo are grouped around the top of Ak Sai glacier and are often referred to as the “Ak Sai half horseshoe.” Rated routes of Ak Sai number around 80 and range from 1 to 6B. About 30 of these trails rate 5-6 on the difficulty range. This is due to some serious walls in this area. The following peaks have rock and ice walls of over 900 m.: Semenov Tian-Shanski (4875m); Corona (4860m); Svobodnaya Koreya (4740m); Bailian-Bashi (4700m); Simagina (4400m); Box (4240m).”
- Alex Ruchkin, Risk Online Magazine 2003
