Expedition Alay - Hidden treasure of the Silk Road | Paseo en bici

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467 km

7.460 m

Lenin Statue, the start and finish of Expedition Alay

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Starting Point: Lenin Statue in Osh

1,25 km

Traffic is relatively quiet on Sundays.

7,19 km

Pump for fresh water

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9,33 km

Temperatures above 30 degrees, so loads of drinking is essential

12,4 km

Plenty of gravel tracks to avoid traffic outside of Osh

22,3 km

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Pump for fresh water

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Smooth gravel road towards Uch Korgon

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Beautiful dessert views out of Osh

40,8 km

We got gifted a watermelon so.. .This marks the end of the first day. Yummy!

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Tap with cold drinkable water

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58,6 km

Nice well fountain in Kek-Jar

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Magazine in Kodzho-Aryk! One of the biggest options in this area.

65,2 km

Locals, always wondering where we are from and what we're up to. =)

75,8 km

Locals stop us to give us fruit. =)

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Nice alternative bike lane to avoid main road.

98,2 km

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Local Bbread (nan)—just delicious and stays fresh!

Tristan, the kitchen master.

105 km

Next Level Up

109 km

The gang got bigger!

114 km

Crossing the last towns before entering the Natural Park

121 km

Leaving Austan. Last village until Daroot Khorgon.

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Amazing valley and great gravel conditions

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Funny Bridge towards Natural Park Entrance. This is snow leopard territory.

Park Entrance Control *or not*

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Forsites! The Oreo's of Kyrgyzstan.

142 km

Gravel Road (ridable) along the valley

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Langhar: Camping Paradise

151 km

One of the local families in Langhar came to greet us!

155 km

Realiable bridges? Well... Better to walk.

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Random river beds with the occasional stream crossing

Entering the area of Tengizbay

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First views onto the hike-a-bike

Pushing for the next 5km

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Cars used to the able to drive here but not anymore due to the landslides

Dodging massive rocks on the way

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Hike-a bike stretch

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168 km

Last meters of the hike-a-bike

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And finally again on the bike for the last switchbacks!

Cars can reach until here when coming from the other side of the pass

173 km

Slow climbing to the plateau.

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Little mistake on the gpx track: there is a bridge to cross the river!

175 km

Insane plateau with no one to be seen!

177 km

Feeling the altitude

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Pushing our way up to the top as we are both out of breath

The switchbacks. Easy to climb if you don't mind the altitude.

181 km

Top of the pass! 1790m

Views onto the other side of the pass: our descend

It's actually a little bit up and down

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But definitely the most amazing descend I've done in a very long time!

183 km

The place is unreal!

186 km

Good gravel conditions in general

187 km

Cruising at altitude

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188 km

Except for this point where there was a landslide and you need to walk a few meters

191 km

The switchbacks down to the valley

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And we hit an easy going gravel road that will take us to Izkyl Eshme

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Entering the town of Izkyl Eshme

206 km

First views onto the Pamir mountain range.

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The way out of Daroot Khorgon

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Great gravel for most of the way.

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Unlisted dirt track with dry riverbed crossing + bridge

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259 km

Gravel track with river crossing

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267 km

Dry riverbed crossing (July 2022)

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269 km

Slighty deep riverbed with strong current (July 2022)

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292 km

Gravel road to Lenin Peak basecamp

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308 km

Singletrack hike-a-bike down the gorge

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309 km

Steep and narrow track out of the gorge

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309 km

Tulparkul yurt camps

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353 km

Hike-a-bike section to/from Jiptik Pass (4185m)

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389 km

Shaded fresh water fountain

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390 km

Shipping container shop + restaurant

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402 km

Coal truck road (wide and pretty safe!)

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439 km

Fountain with fresh water to drink

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467 km

Lenin Statue, the start and finish of Expedition Alay

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Expedition Alay - Hidden treasure of the Silk Road

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