{"id":1480,"date":"2016-09-29T12:26:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T07:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2020-03-02T20:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:00:56","slug":"skiing-freeride-backcountry-in-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/skiing-freeride-backcountry-in-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Skiing, freeriding, backcountry in Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\">Uzbekistan Snowboarding &amp; Snow-skiing<\/h1>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Skiing &amp; freeriding program in Uzbekistan. Sketch itinerary winter 2016-2017<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chimgan-Beldersay is the main skiing area in Uzbekistan<\/strong>, which is located in the mountains of Western Tien-Shan (90 km far from Tashkent). Chimgan in the best way approaches for family leisure with children, <strong>Beldersay is more appropriate for skilled skiers and snowboarders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There are two double-chair ski lifts and some hoop lifts in Chimgan and Beldersay (5 km from Chimgan).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/Chimgan_slopes_avalanching_areas.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ski slopes and avalanche danger areas in Chimgan ski resort\" src=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/Chimgan_slopes.gif\" alt=\"Ski slopes and avalanche danger areas in Chimgan ski resort\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Ski slopes and avalanche danger areas in Chimgan ski resort<br \/>\n<\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">size &#8211; 1543&#215;1028. 580 kb<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sketch itinerary winter 2016-2017<\/h3>\n<p><strong>e-mail:<\/strong> your.climberca@ya.ru<br \/>\nTelegram +7771 467-41-93<br \/>\nWhatsApp \/ Viber +7966 065-53-44<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 01<\/strong>. Arrival in Tashkent. Meeting at the airport, transfer in Chimgan. Arrangements with an accommodation. If the time allows &#8211; ski-tracks of Chimgan. The length of the chair lift road in Chimgan &#8211; 800 m. Overfall of heights &#8211; 385 m. Length of the rope-tow &#8211; 570 m. Overfall of heights &#8211; 250 m. Chimgan has several routes and type of complexities, a ski-track for beginning skiers, extended up to 1500 m has a rope-tow lift, considered as &#8220;blue&#8221; tracks long, flat, and easy. The ski-track for slalom is extended up to 900 m and equipped with chair lift and classified as a &#8220;red&#8221; track of mid level difficulty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 02<\/strong>. Acquaintance with the area, an ascent to the Western Ridge of Chimgan, and then descent downwards, vertical drop<br \/>\n&#8211; 600 m. Start at height of 2350 m. It will be possible to do it two times during the day. Return by car to hotel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 03<\/strong>. Transfer in Beldersay. Highest point &#8211; 2880 m. Length of the ski-track &#8211; 3017 m. Overfall of heights &#8211; 765 m. Average bias of the ski-track &#8211; 27. Maximal bias &#8211; 52.1. Extension of the chair-lift &#8211; 2250 m. Overfall of heights &#8211; 565m. Extension of the rope-tow &#8211; 700m. Overfall of heights &#8211; 200m. Ski-tracks of Beldersay basically are intended for skilled mountain skiers, but there are also good conditions for beginners. The peculiarity of local climate creates extreme temperatures and plentiful snowfalls which promote a high-quality snow cover. Descents are carried out from mountain Kumbel, which slopes in area of skiing have smoothed relief (steepness up to 30 degrees) without deep gorges and canyons. Archa and the deciduous woods grow on slopes alternating with open glades. Going up to the top of Kumbel mountain is carried out by chair lift road (length 2250 m) and further proceeds on rope-tow lift (length 700m). Ski-tracks for mass riding are laid out along the rope-tow and chair lifts. Free descents begin from the west side of Kumbel mountain directly from a crest of a ridge and come to an end in a vein of stream of Beldersay. Width of slopes for free descents up to 1 km, length of descents up to 5 km.<\/p>\n<p>For the experienced backcountry skiers we offer to descent towards the Chet-Kumbel pass, then lift back to the Kumbel Peak, vertical drop is 600 m. It is possible to make two descents during the day. Return to hotel in Chimgan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 04<\/strong>.Climbing to the top of Greater Chimgan. Spending night at summit in tent. <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Or transfer to Beldersay, lifting on ski-lift to the Kumbel Peak, then traverse to the Maygashkan peak, descent to Beldersay village. Vertical drop &#8211; 800 m. Return back to hotel by car.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 05<\/strong>. Descent from the summit of Greater Chimgan (3309 m.) via Central couloir.<br \/>\n<b>Or<\/b> ascent to the Smaller Chimgan peak and then descent towards the Charvak Lake. (<b>Or<\/b>, subject to the snow conditions, repeat the most exciting element of previous days). Night in hotel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 06<\/strong>. Repeat the most exciting element of previous days. Transfer to Tashkent train station. Leave for Bukhara by the night train.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 07<\/strong>.<br \/>\n07.00 Meeting at the Kagan train station. Transfer to Bukhara. A breakfast in hotel;<br \/>\n09.00 Excursion across Bukhara;<br \/>\n19.00 Transfer to train station;<br \/>\n20.50 Train to Samarkand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 08<\/strong>.<br \/>\n01.40 Arrival in Samarkand. A meeting at train station, transfer to hotel.<br \/>\n10.00. Excursion across Samarkand.<br \/>\n17.30. Transfer to the train station.<br \/>\n18.00 Train to Tashkent.<br \/>\n20.00 Arrival in Tashkent, meeting at train station, transfer in the airport.<br \/>\nEnd of the program<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cost includes:<\/strong><br \/>\nAll meetings, seeng-offs and transfers on a route.<br \/>\nService of a professional guide.<br \/>\nAccommodation in guest house in Chimgan (or hotel on your choice). Registration.<br \/>\nRailway tickets for a train (compartment) Tashkent &#8211; Bukhara, Bukhara &#8211; Samarkand.<br \/>\nRailway tickets for \u00ab\u0410frosiab\u00bb train Samarkand &#8211; Tashkent.<br \/>\nService of guides in Samarkand and Bukhara.<br \/>\nCar with the driver during excursion in Samarkand.<br \/>\nBreakfast in Bukhara and Samarkand (and in Chimgan at place of residence).<br \/>\nFood, gas during climb to Greater Chimgan summit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cost does not include:<\/strong><br \/>\nA food in Chimgan and in the cities.<br \/>\nSkipass\/Lift charge in Chimgan and Beldersay.<br \/>\nEntrance tickets for excursion objects in Samarkand and Bukhara.<br \/>\nRent of ski\/board, tent, sleeping bag and personal gears and wearing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price.<\/strong><br \/>\n2 pax:<br \/>\n550 USD &#8211; accommodation in guest house.<br \/>\n630 USD &#8211; accommodation in hotel (Standard room).<br \/>\n3 pax:<br \/>\n455 USD &#8211; accommodation in guest house.<br \/>\n635 USD &#8211; accommodation in hotel (Junior suite room).<br \/>\n4 pax:<br \/>\n485 USD &#8211; accommodation in guest house.<br \/>\n600 USD &#8211; accommodation in hotel (Standard room).<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Local peculiarities of Snowboarding &amp; Snow-skiing in Uzbekistan Mountains<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Uzbekistan Mountains near to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/tashkent\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tashkent<\/a><\/h4>\n<h5>Chimgan Mountains<\/h5>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/parus87.com\/Chimgan.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chimgan Mountains<\/a> are invariably attractive for mountaineers. The wide variety of Chimgan and its surroundings allows the activity in all kinds of mountaineering and landscape tourism. Mountains\u00a0 (<strong>Small and Greater Chimgan Peaks<\/strong> &#8211; 3,309 m) of Chatkal range, plateaus, the <strong>Black Waterfall<\/strong> (40 m) at the lower part of <a href=\"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/tashkent\/chim\/Chimgan_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Greater Chimgan Peak<\/a>, <strong>Gulkam<\/strong> and <strong>Novotasha<\/strong> waterfalls, attract a lot of tourists from Uzbekistan and abroad.<\/p>\n<table id=\"table9\" class=\"tx12\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" href=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding07.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ramf\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" src=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding07a.jpg\" alt=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" href=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding08.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ramf\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" src=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding08a.jpg\" alt=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" href=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding09.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ramf\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" src=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding09a.jpg\" alt=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong> <a href=\"index.php\/11-heli-ski-and-heli-board-in-western-tien-shan-central-asia-uzbekistan\">Heli-skiing<\/a><\/strong>. Uzbekistan has the advantage over the other regions of Heli-skiing on the territory of the former USSR (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Altay, and Camchatka) because of sunny, warm and fine stable weather.<\/p>\n<p>Heli-skiers make descends from summits of Ugam, Pskem and Chatkal mountain ranges (on the altitude 3000-4000 m.). The amplitude of descends 1,3 \u2013 2 km; the length of the descending 5-10 km. Usually heli-skiers make 4-6 descends per day. The flight time from the hotel to the landing place 5-30 min. Tourists are accompanied with 2 guides. Each tourist must have his own special equipment (ski, beacons, first-aid medical set). Helicopter grounds are located near the hotel. The best time for skiing \u2013 late January \u2013 March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>We provide guides for all kinds of skiing and snowboarding. By preliminary inquiry we can arrange descents outside of the route by a virgin snow (backcountry) accompanied by our skilled guides.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table10\" class=\"tx12\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" href=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ramf\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" src=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding10a.jpg\" alt=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" href=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ramf\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" src=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding11a.jpg\" alt=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" href=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ramf\" title=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" src=\"https:\/\/climberca.pagetour.org\/images\/skiing-snowbourding\/skiing-snowbourding12a.jpg\" alt=\"Uzbekistan Snowboarding and Snow-skiing\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><br \/>\nReference:<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/climberca.com\/index.php\/65-uzbekistan-snowboarding-snow-skiing\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/climberca.com\/index.php\/65-uzbekistan-snowboarding-snow-skiing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbekistan Snowboarding &amp; Snow-skiing Skiing &amp; freeriding program in Uzbekistan. Sketch itinerary winter 2016-2017 Chimgan-Beldersay is the main skiing area in Uzbekistan, which is located in the mountains of Western Tien-Shan (90 km far from Tashkent). Chimgan in the best way approaches for family leisure with children, Beldersay is more appropriate for skilled skiers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,226,124],"tags":[166,241,237,240,239],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mountaineering-in-uzbekistan","category-ski-touring","category-uzbekistan-tours","tag-backcountry","tag-freeriding","tag-skiing","tag-skitour","tag-winter-2016-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1480"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pagetour.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}