Big Mountain Time

This summer was quite positive and full of different adventures over the mountains and other countries. So its gone pretty quick while I was chillin’ with the UNKLE, POMPEYA and Jamiroquai playing in my earbuds. Anyway the autumn is here, the time when you see great sunsets each evening and should take care of apples and sea buckthorn berries, apparently we don’t have anything else growing at our spot this year.

As you remember we had some cooperation with 40tribesbackcountry last season, we are also going to work together in upcoming season. I hope this thing will work for years ahead as it is quite a great experience for coming travelers and especially for locals. (continue reading…)

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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Wow! You won’t believe it. The 360.kg extreme sports team proudly announced a teaser for their new Kyrgyzstan snowboarding movie called “Anti-crisis”.

Anti-crisis movie from 360.kg team

Basically this is a fun story about two very poor guys which are trying their best to keep snowboarding during the financial crisis period. Fun scenes, freestyle tricks, different spots all over the Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and many more you will see at premiere or DVD. See the teaser below. (continue reading…)