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Skiing and snowboarding at Kyrgyzstan, Karakol

One of the best ski resorts of Kyrgyzstan can be found while driving around Issyk-Kul lake. Karakol ski resort is the most preferable and large ski resort in the Central Asia. It’s altitude is 2300m and it is 7 km from Karakol city. The ski resort performs with a few chair lifts and runs of different levels of complexity what is good as for the professionals as for the beginners. The season starts in November and lasts until April. Those who prefer “freeride” or cross country rather than well groomed and predictable trials can range across the vast expanses of snowy slopes.

Karakol resort also performs with a terrain park (specially for those ones who are fond of freestyle) build in 2009/2010 season. The terrain park will be upgraded and a bit changed for the jib lines for the upcoming 2010/2011 season.

Some resort numbers and facts (due to date):

• Lifts: 4 char lifts
• Summit: 3040m
• Routes: beginner, intermediate, advanced, extreme
• Vertical drop: 792m
• Restaurant and bar: 1
• Cafe: 1
• Hotel: local resort rooms and 4 star Caprice hotel
• Terrain park with jib lines: yes
• Snowmaking: yes
• Nearest airport: Bishkek or Alma-Aty
• Backcountry and freeride capabilities: yes
• Heliski and heliboarding: possible on request (Feb-March)

BMT support

Are you going to visit Kyrgyzstan to ride Karakol ski resort for having some great winter holidays or even for making movie (yes, you are especially welcomed )? Well in this case we are (the BMT team) ready to answer all of your questions and provide you with the most possible help and cooperation we can. Feel free to contact us and ask any sort of questions connected with your travel planning or having fun with us!

We gladly support any of snowboard-ski movie making crews (check BMT blog for more details a bit later).

Karakol location

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The Kygyzstan Plan movie crew currently bombing Kerege-Tash peaks. They will be there for at least during next 7 days.
Luckily the Karakol area has been covered with a good powder last week and there are good conditions for freeride split boarding during this time while in Bishkek +12 C.