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Ece Naryn. Thirty kilometers
to the East of Naryn is Ece-Naryn («Two Naryns» - it is where two Naryn
rivers meet) Here there is a pine covered valley and wildlife park. There
is a National Park for the protection of wildlife - mountain goats, rams,
deer, wild boar, bear and snow leopards, and two Botanical reserves. Archaeologists
have unearthed remains of ancient settlements nearby. From Ece-Naryn (in
a good vehicle) you can follow the valley of the Little Naryn River to
Lake Issyk-Kul or back to Sary-Bulak and the main Bishkek Road.
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Enilchek (Inylchek), glacier.
Located in north-eastern part of Kyrgyzstan, where the two mountain ranges
of the Tien-Shan conjunct, forming peaks taller than 6000 meters. Glacial
Enilchek contours go down to the bottom of the Khan-Tengri (6995 m) on the
Kazakhstan border in the north and the Pobeda Peak (7439 m) on the Chinese
border in the south. The glacier of the South Enilchek with the length of
59,5 km and the width up to 3.5 km and North Enilchek - 38.2 km have several
ice-tributaries. The glacier stretches out at 60 kilometers with an area
583 km ² and it is 540 meters thick. This glacier is one of the most famous
in the world.
South Enilchek includs the eastern part of the ridges Kokshaal-Too,
Enilchek-Too, Sarydjaz,Tengri-Tag and Meridional ridges.
There are two peaks which are more than 7000 m high- Pobeda peak and Khan
Tengri peak and 23 peaks more than 6000 meters and about 80 tops of 5000-6000
m high. There are two virgin peaks more than 6000 meters high and 14 peaks
5000-6000 m high. The area has about 70 routes. The most popular tops of
the district are peak of Khan-Tengri and Pobeda. This is one of the harshest
regions of the Tien-Shan. Typical summer weather is with the morning sun
at noon followed by clouds and snow in the afternoon. Sometimes the weather
gets worse, and it snows for 2-3 days. The weather gets stable after August
5 and lasts till the middle of September, but in September it gets much colder
than in August. The average July temperature is 5°C, 7°C in August, and 3°C
in September. The routes in the region are combined- snow and snow-ice. Slopes
and peaks are usually covered with snow and ice. Apart from the technical
difficulties on the route, the alpinists come across the dangers: the weather,
that can suddenly get bad for several days and causes the avalanche, dangerous
for the passes to go through and the crack in the glacier, very treacherous
in this area. Typically, after a lot of snowfall, it can take 1-2 days for
the snow to be consolidated.
The district has two stationary base camps. In the base camp of the Center
there are five wooden cabins with living rooms for 38 seats and a bar, sauna,
steam bath, dining room, kitchen, power station and a helipad. In the basic
camp Dostuk trekking company there is a wooden hut with a kitchen, dining
room and a sauna, a power station and a helipad. Both base camps are located
under the slopes of the peak Gorky with a height of 3995 and 3850 m respectively,
on the lateral moraine of the glacier Southern Enilchek 20 minutes away from
one another. In July and August there is a constant radio contact from Base
Camp with Maida-Adyr camp and the cities of Bishkek and Karakol. This area
can be reached only by helicopter, which flies from the intermediate camp
Maida-Adyr, located 80 km to the west along the valley Inylchek near the
frontier. It is 30 minutes by helicopter or 4 days on foot. There is no way
for the horses to the base camp and it is impossible to find the porters
in the area. There is a helicopter service in the area since mid-July to
late August. You can reach Maida-Adyr by car from the city of Karakol (165
km) along the mountain road through the Chon-Ashu pass (3822 m).
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