Backcountry Skiing Altay, Siberia, 1988

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Backcountry Skiing Altay, Siberia, 1988

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Page By: MOCKBA

Created/Edited: Oct 28, 2008 / Oct 28, 2008

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In lieu of a TR

Akkem Glacier Moraine camp at dawn

Siberia's famous Naled Ice

The March 1988 ski backpack took 4 of us 16 days. We pretty much covered the length of Katun' Range, West to East, as well as the gorge of Argut cutting between Katun' and Chuyskie Ranges. We haven't seen any other skiers during the tour, but met a few people (meteorologists at Akkem Station and Native Siberian sheep herders on Argut).

The route went from Tyulyuk Airstrip up Mul'ta River, to Krutoy and Gagpi passes into Kuragan Valley, over twin Ioldo Passes to Dzhorashkol and Kucherla Lakes, across Riga-Turist Pass to Akkem Glacier, thence Druzhba Pass to Mensu Glacier, and finally down the endless frozen gorge of Argut to Katun' River Valley and Chuyskiy Trakt Highway.

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Ski track at the base of Siberia's highpoint

Gagpi Pass

Start of descent from Riga-Turist Pass, Altay

Ski traverse to Fortochka Col, Altay

Ascending Druzhba Glacier, Altay Mtns

Frozen Cataracts of Argut

Last leg of ascent to Krutoy Pass, Katun'skie Belki Range, Altay

Timberline bivvy, North Ioldo Creek, Altay

Dawn at Akkem Moraine Camp, Altay

First glance at Belukha from Ioldo-Ayry Glacier

Windblown snow, Gagpi Pass, Altay

Roerich Peak (3492 m) and Ak-Oyuk (3670 m)

Poperechnoe Lake, view from Krutoy Pass

Kazakhstani Altay

Coasting down Ioldo-Ayry Glacier

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d_shorb

nice

Voted 10/10

Thanks for collecting these into one place MOCKBA. I've found myself looking through them a bit randomly, and get lost in many of your others never to find the tread. now a dumb@$$ like myself can stay tuned.
D

Posted Oct 29, 2008 7:53 pm


	MOCKBA	Re: nice
	Hasn't voted	Thanks D, as you can guess I planned to write up real TRs and more ... but it's hard to catch up when one has real life too LOL. The albums is a quick-and-cheap way to organize pictures, but in the end they aren't ever sorted in order. It still remains almost random! But ... if you view them as a "map", it makes a bit more sense!
		Posted Oct 30, 2008 9:15 am

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