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Belén Castelló (belletoscan)

Expedition Alay - Hidden treasure of the Silk Road

Expedition Alay - Hidden treasure of the Silk Road

40:16
467 km
11,6 km/h
7.460 m
7.460 m
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Resumen de la Ruta

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Starting Point: Lenin Statue in Osh
1,25 km
Traffic is relatively quiet on Sundays.
7,19 km
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
24,1 km
27,6 km
30,6 km
Smooth gravel road towards Uch Korgon
34,4 km
37,6 km
Beautiful dessert views out of Osh
40,8 km
We got gifted a watermelon so.. .This marks the end of the first day. Yummy!
42,1 km
46,0 km
58,6 km
58,6 km
Nice well fountain in Kek-Jar
60,6 km
63,0 km
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. =)
87,1 km
91,2 km
Nice alternative bike lane to avoid main road.
98,2 km
104 km
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.
122 km
123 km
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130 km
Amazing valley and great gravel conditions
131 km
133 km
Funny Bridge towards Natural Park Entrance. This is snow leopard territory.
Park Entrance Control *or not*
134 km
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142 km
Forsites! The Oreo's of Kyrgyzstan.
142 km
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149 km
Langhar: Camping Paradise
151 km
One of the local families in Langhar came to greet us!
155 km
Realiable bridges? Well... Better to walk.
157 km
159 km
160 km
Random river beds with the occasional stream crossing
Entering the area of Tengizbay
161 km
162 km
163 km
First views onto the hike-a-bike
Pushing for the next 5km
164 km
Cars used to the able to drive here but not anymore due to the landslides
Dodging massive rocks on the way
165 km
166 km
168 km
Last meters of the hike-a-bike
169 km
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.
173 km
174 km
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
177 km
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
182 km
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
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
196 km
197 km
198 km
And we hit an easy going gravel road that will take us to Izkyl Eshme
200 km
205 km
Entering the town of Izkyl Eshme
206 km
First views onto the Pamir mountain range.
207 km
214 km
The way out of Daroot Khorgon
220 km
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224 km
Great gravel for most of the way.
227 km
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237 km
Water is scarce in the area so we take any opportunity we get to filter
Facing the first river crossing!
Luckily it was a dry river bed
237 km
238 km
239 km
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244 km
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247 km
Achuk Suu: Apparently there is a 'magazine' in town but we didn't find it.
250 km
Another dry river bed
254 km
Traversing the valley as we follow the 4x4 tracks
256 km
We follow this way as there was an uncrossable river by the foothills. Too bad!
259 km
And finally our feet get wet! Easy river crossing though.
259 km
259 km
264 km
267 km
267 km
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269 km
269 km
Things got a little more challenging on this one.
269 km
272 km
En route to Kashka-Suu
275 km
And turning back to follow the track to Peak Lenin Base Camp.
278 km
279 km
284 km
Horses running wildly ahead of us. What a view!
289 km
A local female shepherd came to say hi!
292 km
292 km
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296 km
Made it to the foothills. Percentage goes up to about 5%, but it's mostly rolling hills.
300 km
301 km
First glimpse onto Peak Lenin.
305 km
Entering Lenin Peak Base Camp.
307 km
307 km
Connecting the base camp with Tulparkul requires following a single track trail
308 km
308 km
And crossing this gorge
But there is a reliable bridge to cross the river
309 km
309 km
And the hike-a-bike is very short on the other side.
309 km
Double track starts immediately afterwards
309 km
310 km
Until reaching Tulparkul and the Yurt Camps
321 km
The way to Sary Mogul is easy following 4x4 tracks.
326 km
The valley can be windy but you'll be descending here.
332 km
Staying the night at CBT Sary Mogul
334 km
Leaving Sary Mogul towards Jiptik Pass.
336 km
We met the first bikepackers! Yay!
341 km
There are coal mines in this area so watch out your water sources.
The way to Jiptik is very enjoyable and easygoing.
342 km
We leave the Pamirs behind.
344 km
The gorge narrows down and...
Becomes more and more rocky are you climb up.
344 km
Eventually you reach a river bed which marks the official start to Jiptik.
There is a fence tied up with rope that you need to untie in order to cross.
The fun starts! Hike-a-biking on and off since there's a lot of landslides.
345 km
Eventually you read a grassy track that is ridable but... I was so tired that I pushed.
347 km
Little cyclist, big landslides.
349 km
Gotta keep an eye out on the slippery slate.
352 km
This is the point where things become complicated.
You'll most probably have to push your bike for the next 3km until the top of the pass.
353 km
Kinda no fun in this stretch.
353 km
354 km
It was so hard to push our bikes through. Ideally you'll carry the bikes but our setup is too heavy!
Last zig-zag until the top!
And these are the views onto the valley we come from.
We did it! Jiptik: 4185m!
Now it's time to get down.
354 km
More hike-a-bike are the landslides are also there on the other side.
You'll have to probably walk down 2km until you can properly ride again.
Finallyyyyyyy riding!
356 km
You can take this road or follow the hiking shortcut down. Both are annoying.
358 km
361 km
Watering our belt since it was full of dust. All the maintenance it needs!
362 km
Yaks on the track.
365 km
Yurt camp that hosts cyclist. You can spend the night here and eat.
370 km
Sweet descend on the valley following the rushing river.
372 km
First signs of civilisation.
374 km
376 km
Entering the town of Kojokelen. Apparently there is a magazine but we didn't find it.
381 km
383 km
385 km
Following the track down.
Entering the town of Kyzyl Tala and again, we couldn't find a magazine.
389 km
390 km
391 km
Road out of Kichik-Alay. There is a small restaurant and shop here.
391 km
This road is in good quality as it's the way for trucks to go to/from the coal mine.
393 km
402 km
405 km
You'll meet many of these. They are friendly but also lift a lot of dust!
413 km
416 km
Trucks no longer go on this road.
418 km
Entering the town of Charaygyr.
423 km
Amazing magazine here (by Papan) - definitely worth the wait!
428 km
The bridge and (asphalted) road towards Papan reservoir.
431 km
It's very hot at 11am! But he road is calm.
435 km
Lovely reflections of the reservoir.
439 km
And slick (still sticky) asphalt here.
439 km
439 km
We found a fountain. Fill up everything here!
441 km
The last climb of the trip. Mostly asphalt with some gravel patches.
444 km
The views from the top of the pass.
445 km
450 km
And we start the descend to Osh!
462 km
Road is busy but there enough space to cycling on the invisible shoulder.
467 km

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1 de agosto de 2022

Comentarios

  • 4 de agosto de 2022

    EXPEDICIÓN ALAY nace de un desafío personal de conectar la ciudad de Osh y el Valle de Alay a través de las montañas. La cordillera de Alay es bastante desconocida tanto para los turistas como para los lugareños, por lo que encontrar información sobre rutas transitables era casi imposible. Sin embargo

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  • 4 de agosto de 2022

    Gran explicacion de la ruta! Gracias!

  • 4 de agosto de 2022

    Qué ganas!

  • 4 de agosto de 2022

    ¡¡¡Hurra!!! Finalmente, había estado esperando esto durante una semana. Voy a volar a Bischek mañana y estoy considerando esta ruta que hicieron ustedes.

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  • ¡Tan dulce! Definitivamente es genial. ¡Dos secciones difíciles con las caminatas en bicicleta, pero sobre todo divertidas por lo demás! ¡Cuéntanos si realmente lo haces! ¡Puede comunicarse conmigo en Instagram (@belletoscan), !

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  • 6 de agosto de 2022

    Es un sueño visitar esa parte del mundo. ¡Gracias por tu parte!

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  • 15 de mayo de 2023

    gracias por esta guía viví en kazah durante 7 años y anduve en bicicleta por todas partes estoy volando de regreso a bishkek para hacer tu ruta y luego tien shan traverse el 1 de julio, tu guía es muy buena, eres increíble...

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  • 8 de julio de 2023

    Gracias por toda la información, planeamos viajar con nuestro tándem la primera parte hasta el campamento lenine, en agosto de 2023. Tomaste el agua potable en el río marrón?

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  • 8 de julio de 2023

    planeamos recorrer esta pista: openrunner.com/route-details/17111778

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  • 5 de septiembre de 2023

     ¡Espero que todo haya ido bien con el tándem!

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  • 5 de septiembre de 2023

    Si, estuvo bien. Esta ruta es realmente bonita hasta Sary Mughal y hemos hecho muy buen tiempo.

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