Experience first descents in 2025-2026
Turgen Valley
First discovered by our team during heli-ski flight in Feb, 2017 the beginning of Karsh range in Turgen Valley is perfect for freeride and has it’s all! Tree skiing, nice touring terrain, no people, a lot of snow and even more! Slopes have seen only 4 descends and you could be the first to explore this backcountry paradise!
The base! Here is our yurt camp.
Touring friendly terrain
The playground! 800 vertical meters average!
Karash mountain range
Top – 3200m
Great backcountry freestyle slopes
Nice views on Turgen valey, Talgar peak and Assy plateau
The yurt lodge based in the gorgeous and wild Turgen valley near Karash mountains! Endless slopes for advanced and intermediate skiers and snowboarders.
Season starts in late November and ends at the end of March on Nauryz holidays.
Explore the backcountry.
Modern infrastructure of Almaty region makes possible to combine yurt backcountry tours with resort freeride at Shymbulak and Ak-bulak and great accommodation options help save time on transfers.
Also Almaty is cultural, financial and tourist center of Central Asia.
Price for 1 day of touring – per 1 person. Transfer included. Gas/electricity included.
Food not included.
National Park access tax – 1.2 usd / day
| Season | Guided groups | Self Guided |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction late Nov. | *pending soon* | *pending soon* |
| December 8 – New Year | *pending soon* | *pending soon* |
| New Year (book!) | *pending soon* | *pending soon* |
| High season Jan.-March | *pending soon* | *pending soon* |
| Late March, Nauryz | *pending soon* | *pending soon* |
We’re currently in the process of revamping prices, they will be available soon.
Minimum persons in a group – 2
5 persons – 1 guide, 6-9 persons – 2 guides
Big group / group leader discount is available*
*contact us via. facebook or vk for details
Karash mountains, Zailiyskiy Alatau, Turgen valley, Kazakhstan
Big yurt, 29m2. Max 8-9 clients
1,800m
3200m
About 80km form Almaty / 70km from Almaty International Airport
Car transfer (Toyota Land Cruiser, FJ Cruiser)
Coal/Wood
Gas Stove. Dishes included.
Clean water from river
Wood toilet outside.
Mobile bathing facility with hot water.
one bed for guides + four 2 level beds
+ blanket, pillow, mattress
Diesel generator
weak signal from the mountaintop
huge mountains in the backyard 🙂
Low/moderate
Splitboard/ski-tour or snowshoes, beacon, probe, shovel, sleeping bags, personal equipment
(gear rent possible)
All our foreign guests must have ski insurance which covers rescue by helicopter.
our backcountry lodge
Experienced local freeriders
30+ backcountry skiing experience
Backcountry guide
TD+ ski grade
First descents in local mountains
Fast and light ski touring
Backcountry guide
Ski-Patroller / AV Safety
Ski Racer grade
Freeride instructor
30+ places worldwide
50+ first descents
Talgar peak, 4978m first descent
Lenin peak, 7134m solo ski descent
Climbing grade up tp ED-
Delivering to backcountry
Here you can see how freeriding in our mountains look like
Всем- привет! Хочу поделиться своими впечатлениями о ребятах из powder.kz/freeride.kz На снежной доске катаю 20 лет. Бывал во многих местах, в разных условиях и ситуациях. Стараюсь действовать по правилу “Хороший райдер- старый райдер”. В прошлом сезоне родилась идея открыть для себя Казахстан, как новую страну и регион катания. По традиции, задал вопрос местному другу, который вывел на ребят из freeride.kz Дальше-все шло так, как правильно должно идти: Виталий дал полную предварительную информацию по региону и вариантам исполнения наших желаний. Евгений и Игорь были не только объективными консультантами по многим вопросам, касающимся “колорита”, но и нашими Гидами в дневном туре на Скалы Три Брата и отдельном двухдневном бэккантри-приключении в Юрте. Профессионализм, ответственность, общение на одном языке дали мне и моему коллеге Саше возможность не только от души открыть новые горизонты и оставить свой “первый след”, но и вернуться домой невредимыми, с полными рюкзаками впечатлений! Ребята- настоящие профессионалы. Я уверен, что мы еще встретимся и более плотно пообщаемся по теме “Казахского бэккантри”, ибо, потенциал, практически, неисчерпаем! Еще раз-спасибо!
– Thanks to freeride.kz for helping to organize my stay and being so flexible with the schedule. Overnight stay in the yurt was a great experience especially when you are living in the city. I loved the sunset and night sky views Thank you also for guiding and patience during ski touring and good conversation. It was great to experience some of the places in person after following you on instagram for so long. I wish you good luck and keep up what you are doing. Hope to be back soon.
