Mountain Khan Tengri (7 010 m / 22 999 ft)

Asia, Kazakhstan: (Almaty Oblysy), Kyrgyzstan: (Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast’)

Parent Range:	Tien Shan
Activity type:	Mountaineering
Summit(s):	Main Summit (7 010 m /22 999 feet)
Elevation:	7 010 m / 22 999 ft
Cost of climbing:	N/D

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Mountain Name(s):	Khan Tengri, Хан-Тенгри, Хантенгри, Хан Тенгри, Han, Tengri, Хан
Elevation:	7 010 m / 22 999 ft
Summit(s):	Main Summit (7 010 m /22 999 feet)
Activity type:	Mountaineering
Location:	Asia, Kazakhstan: (Almaty Oblysy), Kyrgyzstan: (Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast’)
Starting Point:	42°12'36.838''N 80°10'30.003''E
Parent Range:	Tien Shan
Range:	Tengri Tag
First Ascent:	??/??/1931 Mikhail Pogrebetsky (USSR)

Geology:	Tectonic
Snow line:	Please update
Prominence:	1 685 m / 5 528 ft
Isolation:	20 m / 12 ft
Climbing Season(s):	01 Jul-31 Aug;
Nearst Airport(s):	Almaty (ALA), Bishkek/Manas Airport (FRU)
Convenience Center(s):	Karakol
National Park(s):	Please update

Location

Asia, Kazakhstan: (Almaty Oblysy), Kyrgyzstan: (Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast’)

42°12'36.838''N 80°10'30.003''E

Khan Tengri Routes

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South-West Face, Khan Tengri (7 010 m / 22 999 ft)

Location: Asia, Kyrgyzstan: Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast’

Claimed by: 5 people

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North-East Rib, Khan Tengri (7 010 m / 22 999 ft)

Location: Asia, Kazakhstan: Almaty Oblysy

Claimed by: 4 people

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Trekking from Issyk Kul to Karakol, Tien Shan

Location: Asia, Kyrgyzstan: Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast’

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Beauty - what this peak is especially famous for. For it sake, come here hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. It is one of the five Snow Leopard mountains. Plus Mount is available in terms of transport and here there is the necessary infrastructure - transportation, base camp.Khan Tengri is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful peaks in the world. Shaped like a kids drawing of a mountain its summit and sharp ridges form an almost perfect pyramid covered in snow and ice.
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Known for its majestic peak correct pyramidal form. The mountain slopes are steep and sometimes vertical. Avalanches, ice falls - for Khan Tengri is not uncommon, but the place of their possible appearance has long marked on maps. Khan Tengri - technically difficult mountain. However, the routes of Khan-Tengri peak is very well studied. The main routes are defined as mountain complex, but safe. Currently, Khan Tengri already laid at least 25 climbing routes from the north and from the south. Khan Tengri is generally considered to be the third hardest Snow Leopard mountain after Pobeda and Pik Kommunizma. Khan Tengri is a popular mountain to climb but still receives relatively few climbers compared to Pik Lenin. Most who attempt the mountain belong to the former Soviet block (as the Summit Log testifies) and visiters from outside this area are still few in number.
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- World Country High Points
- 1500-meter Prominence Peak with Ascents
- Asia Country High Points
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Located on the border of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China, on the east of the Central Tien Shan.
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Car from Bishkek to Karkara (460 km), then a helicopter flight to BC "Yu Inilchek "(4000 m).
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Anatoly Boukreev, twenty-one times to conquer the

Himalayan eight thousand (CIS record), said that Khan Tengri,

arguably the most beautiful peak in the world because of its

well-placed ribs and geometric pyramidal symmetry.

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Accomodation
- Hotel Esenay
Guided Tours
- Ak Sai Travel
- 7 Summits
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- Other sources. http://7vershin.ru/programs/all/region_4/country_81/object_38/
- Other sources. http://ru.climberca.com/index.php/8-voskhozhdenie-na-pik-lenina-s-opytnym-gidom-vysotnikom-sezon-201
- General description about the mountain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Tengri