 Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
 Summer in Shymbulak - off road mini-jeeps |
 Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
 Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
 Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
 Abay Peak dominates the mountain panorama from the cable car |
 Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
 Alpine chalet, Shymbulak mountain resort village |
 Alpine chalet, Shymbulak mountain resort village |
 Shymbulak mountain resort village, Kazakhstan |
 Shymbulak mountain resort village, Kazakhstan |
 Base lodge, Shymbulak ski resort |
 Quad buggy 3 hour tour |
 Trail map of the Shymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
 Peak Shkolnik 3810m/12500ft |
 Peak Chkalov 3892m/12769ft |
 Trail and lift map, Shumbulak |
 Upper station of the Medeu-Shymbulak Cable Car |
 Kazakhs with an eagle, Shymbulak |
 Looking back down the valley towards Medeu and the Kazakh plains |
 Chalets at the Shymbulak mountain resort village |
 Shymbulak Ski Resort, late summer |
 Shymbulak Ski Resort, late summer |
 Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
 The menu at Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
 Pints of 1664 at Skymbulak |
 Hooded Eagle |
 Tourists pay to pose with the eagle |
 Wings spread |
 Russian For Travelers |
 Plate of 3 steaks at Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
 And their cheeseburger |
 Chalet, Shymbulak Meat Restaurant |
 Frozen candle wax |
 Open air dining at Shymbulak |
 Pik Abay from Shymbulak |
 Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
 Peak Shkolnik 3810m/12500ft |
 Peak Shkolnik 3810m/12500ft |
 Kombi 1 Chairlift, Skymbulak Ski Resort, 2295m/7529ft |
 Kombi 1 until 18:00 and the upper lift, Kombi 2 closing at 17:30 |
 Leitner Shymbulak (Chimbuilak) 1 ropeway, 1874m long |
 Summer in the mountains of Shymbulak |
 Cable car to the top of Shymbulak |
 Ski piste in summer, Shymbulak |
 Top of Kombi 1, 2831m/9288ft |
 Mid Station at Shymbulak Ski Resort |
 Mid Station at Shymbulak Ski Resort |
 Kombi 2, the cable car to the top of Shymbulak |
 Technical specs of Leitner's Chimbulak 2 |
 Kombi 2 lift at Shymbulak, 1173m long |
 Kombi 2 rises 366m |
 Chimbulak 2 ski lift |
 The summit of Chimbulak 2, 3194m/10,479ft |
 Don't get stuck, Kombi 2 works until 17:30 |
 Summer at the top of Shymbulak |
 Talgar Pass, 3180m |
 Peak Chakalov (3992m) |
 The summit of Komsomol Peak is blocked by the ridge of Chakalov |
 Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
 Leviy Talgar Quad Chair with Peak Chakalov, Shymbulak |
 Leviy Talgar Quad Chair, Shymbulak |
 Glacier of Peak Chakalov above the Talgar Valley |
 Leviy Talgar Quad Chair, Shymbulak |
 Panoramic view from the base of the Leviy Talgar Quad Chair, Shymbulak |
 Peak Chakalov / Пик Чакалов |
 Panoramic view from the Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
 Peak Chakalov, Talgar Valley, Kazakhstan |
 Peak Chakalov |
 Panoramic view of the Talgar Valley just over the pass from Shymbulak |
 Mountain vegetation in the Zailiyskiy Alatau range |
 Peak Chakalov with the Talgar Valley |
 Peak Chakalov |
 Close up of Peak Chakalov and its glacier |
 There's good hiking if we had left more time |
 Peak Chakalov |
 Glacier of Peak Chakalov |
 Peak Chakalov |
 Hiking trail leading southwest from Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
 Graffiti in the mountains painted over |
 Rocky debris field on the slopes beneath the stoney peaks |
 Hiking the Talgar Valley |
 Bird on a rock with backlit grass |
 Trail towards Peak Chakalov |
 The trail probably leads to a clear view of the summit of Mount Komsomol |
 Peak Chakalov, Kazakhstan |
 Rocky scenery, Talgar Valley |
 Gettign late...cable car closes at 17:30 |
 Talgar Valley with Peak Chakalov |
 Heading back to the cable car |
 I took a lot of those... |
 Chair lift, Shymbulak |
 Bad day if you get back here and see that |
 Talgar Pass, Shymbulak |
 Upper cable car station of Kombi 2, Shymbulak |
 Upper cable car station of Kombi 2, Shymbulak |
 Kombi 2, Shymbulak Ski Resort |
 Going down |
 Summer at Shymbulak Ski Resort |
 Back to the tree line |
 Ridge forming the eastern boundary of Shymbulak |
 Ski piste waiting for snow |
 Ski piste in summer, Shymbulak |
 Ski piste in summer, Shymbulak |
 Back at the base station, Shymbulak |
 Kombi 1 lift, Shymbulak |
 Skymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
 Yak resting in the grass, Shymbulak |
 Yak grazing, Shymbulak |
 Steven and the yaks |
 No yak attack... |
 Not yet anyway |
 We have his attention |
 Yaks at Shymbulak, Kazakhstan |
 Yak at Shymbulak, Kazakhstan |
 Yak at Shymbulak |
 Yak at Shymbulak Ski Resort, Kazakhstan |
 Steven sitting with yaks |
 Closer |
 More Yaks, Shymbulak |
 Shymbulak Ski Resort |
 Yak at Shymbulak, Kazakhstan |
 Shymbulak ski resort village |
 Après Hike |
 Shymbulak ski resort village |
 Another restaurant at Skymbulak |
 Order here |
 Draft of Zhiguli Beer, Skymbulak, Kazakhstan |
 Shymbulak Ski resort, Kazakhstan |
 Shymbulak Ski resort, Kazakhstan |
 Chilly 12C on a September evening, Shymbulak |
 Back on the cable car down to Medeu where we'll catch the bus to Almaty |
 Kazakh Alpine Club summer offerings |
 Peak Abay from the Skymbulak-Medeu Cable Car |
 Steven riding down from Shymbulak |