The Best Hiking Trails in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Medeu-Kok Zhaylyau-Кокшокы

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alperdace

Distance

10.47mi

Elevation +

2533f

TrailRank

59

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Starting in Maloalmatinsky Gorge: the trail begins in a small village, where the asphalt road ends. The path leads up the slope, then it follows the ridge up in a direction of Kok Zhailau pass, with a short traverse just...

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Furmanov Peak - Panorama Peak - Bashuta Peak- Shymbulak Peak

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Sergey303

Distance

7.16mi

Elevation +

6240f

TrailRank

52

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Great hike! It was ice on a path at first 2km, then I missed right turn (after 3 km from the start) and it was needed to climb to get back on the path. At Panorama Peak it was strong and freezing wind, you should have ...

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Lake Kaindy. Қайыңды көлі

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beltza100

Distance

10.77mi

Elevation +

1864f

TrailRank

47

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Ruta desde la aldea de Saty hasta el lago Kaindy en Kazajistán. Es un lago de 400 metros de largo con una profundidad máxima de 30 m y a 2.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar. El lago fue creado como resultado de un enorm...

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Peak Shymbulak, Peak Bashuta, Peak Panorama, Peak Furmanov, Medeo

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Distance

7.74mi

Elevation +

1230f

TrailRank

46| 5.0

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- Take the Medeo/Shymbulak cable car to the top (3500 Tenge pp). Start from bar 3200 at Talgar Pass. - Climb to Peak Shymbulak and continue on the ridge. The descent towards Peak Bashuta is steep and filled with loose r...

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Abandoned Cosmodrome- Big Almaty peak- Camping zone.

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elSherpa

Distance

4.79mi

Elevation +

1322f

TrailRank

46

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Old Cosmodrome can be reached by taxi. Access restriction to foreigners may apply. Route ends in a camp zone after crossing the river, where it is possible to stay overnight in your own tent. If not add three more hours ...

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Big Almaty lake to big Almaty peak Loop (Үлкен Алматы шыңы)

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Jujuuu

Distance

6.93mi

Elevation +

3583f

TrailRank

39

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To go up I passed a military fronteer where you need to show passport. This can be avoid if you follow my way down. To go up the path is not always clear but there is no difficulty, so just go up and it I'll be okay. ...

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Үлкен Алматы көлі/ Big Almaty Lake/ Большое Алматинское Озеро - БАО

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Apt4dev

Distance

17.39mi

Elevation +

4242f

TrailRank

37

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BAL - aka Big Almaty Lake, completely frozen, yet still beautiful all year around. Though Pretty easy road to follow the trail. If you will decide to walk all the way from terminus of bus 28, then be ready for extra 4 k...

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Big Almaty Lake

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Angeltanyl

Distance

3.17mi

Elevation +

1280f

TrailRank

37

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The route starts from Alpen Rose Hotel. You’ll pass the Moon Field and a sign that says “Шуккір". It ended at the Big Almaty Lake. One-way. This was done in winter and it was beautiful! But you’d have to get good 4WD to ...

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Oi-qaragai-Bukreev-Butakov/Oi-qaragai- Bukreev- Butakov/ Ой-карагай (лесная сказка)-Кабанье озеро-Букреева- Бутаковка

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Apt4dev

Distance

21.45mi

Elevation +

4012f

TrailRank

36

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Quite an interesting trail. Doesn’t seem to be particularly popular among the hiking community, especially from 1/4 of the route, as haven’t seen many tracks, not to mention recent ones. Yet, one passes through beautiful...

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Hike to Furmanov Peak (3053m) and Panorama Peak (3260m)

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aleixmh3

Distance

10.74mi

Elevation +

5125f

TrailRank

36

The hike starts from the bus stop in the Medeo ice ring. It climbs through the valley following the river and it gets quite steep until a plateau where this path joins the others. From there it climbs to Furmanov also qu...

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Old Japanese road along pipeline and stairs

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Apt4dev

Distance

5.92mi

Elevation +

1824f

TrailRank

35

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Early morning quick hike along the pipeline and stairs. Took it reaaaaaaliy easy, with chilling it took us 1:05 hr to get to the top. Descended by classical trail by road. Saw one deer. The trail is on the sunny side a...

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Youth peak (4147m ASL): Alpine rose - Shukur gorge- Kumbelsu gorge\pass - Jastar shyny/ пик Молодежный

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Apt4dev

Distance

12.61mi

Elevation +

6837f

TrailRank

35

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Another 4k peak. Started early, yet it rained heavily prior night so had to lead the group carefully. Starting off from Alpine Rose passing by Shukur gorge route starts off steep which leads to Kumbel-su pass and gorge. ...

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Қасқабас шыны мен Қаскыр тау /Kaskabas peak and Wolf mountain/ Каскабас и Волчья гора

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Apt4dev

Distance

19.02mi

Elevation +

7096f

TrailRank

35

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Kaskabas peak and Wolf’s mountain hike in one go. Was a relatively tough one, as the initial journey started far away from the mountains. Due to the peace protest later turned into a rather devastating situation across t...

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Satpaev (Sovetov) şyny (4317 m ASL): UAK/ Satpaev (fma Sovetov) peak - BAL / пик Сатпаева (бывш. Советов) и БАО

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Apt4dev

Distance

16.38mi

Elevation +

6122f

TrailRank

34

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This was my second hike to Satbayev peak. So assembled a team, next time should be more strict with the selection. Was planning to ascend in less than 7 hours, but the team members couldn’t pull trough. One of the most s...

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Kargaly, Kameskij zhane Kaskabas shyndary/Terra field - Kargaly, Kameskij and Kaskabas peaks

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Apt4dev

Distance

22.14mi

Elevation +

7766f

TrailRank

34

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When I woke up in the morning and have reached Terra field I had no idea that would end up going to challenging Kargaly peak. Unlike Big Almaty peak and alikes, this one is less popular, yet considered significantly diff...

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Үлкен Алматы колі мен Космостанция / Big Almaty lake and Space station/ БАО и Космостанция ю

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Apt4dev

Distance

19.04mi

Elevation +

4537f

TrailRank

34

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We were waiting for a bus which should have taken us to the Alma Arasan area, we could either walk from there along the paved road or search for a ride. I have checked an app, yet there was no bus at 6:40 am. I couldn’t ...

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Қасқыртау/ Wolf mountain/ Волчья гора

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Apt4dev

Distance

10.78mi

Elevation +

3225f

TrailRank

34

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A short easy hike with a foot deep snow. Easy to follow the trail in the valley, upon ascending the trail disappears, yet just keep walking along the ridge. Thought following one of our members decided to take initiativ...

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4 шын: Фурманов-Панорама-Котырбулак-Букреев/ reverse Bukreev loop - 4 peaks/ обратная Букреевская кругосветка: 4 пика или более

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Apt4dev

Distance

13.83mi

Elevation +

6004f

TrailRank

34

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A reverse Bukreev loop, staring from Medeu along KimAsar gorge to Furmanov peak followed by Panorama peak, crossing Butakovka pass along the ridge came across to two unnamed peaks, both of which are higher than Kotyrbula...

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Medeu - Shymbulak - Titov Peak - Titov Lakes - Gorelnik - Medeu

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YYanavichus

Distance

18.03mi

Elevation +

6385f

TrailRank

34

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Track is corrupted in 2 places: 1) Initially pressed “Pause” accidentally 2) Just after started accessing to Titov pass my Garmin Forerunner 935 started glitching, probably because I was using navigation this time. Nex...

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Туйық су үңгірі - Т1 станциясы/T1 glacial station - Tuyksu glacier (Dolphin cave)/ станц Т1 - грот Туюк-су (пещера Дельфин)

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Apt4dev

Distance

16.48mi

Elevation +

4029f

TrailRank

33

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The initial plan was to hike to peak Malysh (baby, no resemblance or whatsoever). The first part of the trail is well known to me, yet it wasn’t as easy to hike this time. Haven’t been feeling well from the night before,...

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Big Almaty lake and Moon glade/field

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Apt4dev

Distance

8.55mi

Elevation +

2838f

TrailRank

32

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Nice hike along the pipeline, once get off of it starts sinking in the deep snow of ~2-2.5ft. The views are worth hiking even in deep snow. Big Almaty lake has almost completely frozen, the ice is still thin though. So w...

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Medeu - Chasovaya mount. - Pribornaya peak- Medik/ Medic peak- Mynzhylky peak - Tuyksu gate peak- Shymbulak

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Apt4dev

Distance

12.96mi

Elevation +

6660f

TrailRank

32

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From Medeu up the stairs to the Dam, further to Gorelnik where hiking starts. Following trail towards Gorelnik lower and upper waterfalls one reached Eagle’s nest. From there toward Traperzoid pass, yet instead proceeded...

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Alpiniada - 28 gvardiiaşy-panfilovşylar şyny/ alpine race - 28 Panfilov Guardsmen peak/ пик 28 гвардейцев панфиловцев

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Apt4dev

Distance

11.93mi

Elevation +

5686f

TrailRank

32

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Misty morning turned into a nice hike through thick fog, frozen rain above 3700 m with sun spells during descending. Had to wait for a group of ppl at such a low pace from Shymbulak to Mynzhylky dam. At the dam another 4...

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Сол Талгар-Маралсай мен Ақтас қыраты/Left Talgar-Maralsay valley - Aktas plateau/левый Талгар- Маралсай и плато Актас

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Apt4dev

Distance

10.29mi

Elevation +

3432f

TrailRank

32

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A nice hike with plenty of trailblazing in deep snow. Neither widely known trails, nor much visited by hikers. Once passes the first ecological post, take a right turn, follow the road, which can be icy during the winter...

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Tourist and Turan peaks, Karniznyj peak and lake

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Apt4dev

Distance

8.56mi

Elevation +

4413f

TrailRank

32

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A hike I was planning to do for quite some time. Got together a good team, thought should have been a bit more thorough. During the hike 2 of the participants had hurt themselves, as such had to shorten my hike returning...

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