Aurélien Ducroz continues his exploration of Central Asia. With his friends Romain Grojean and Eric Gachet, the double freeride ski world champion has left to explore the mountains of Kyrgyzstan
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March 3 snow conditions update, Karakol ski resort avalanche fatality
A huge storm on March 2-3 brought a lot of snow all over the east Issik-Kul area. Here is the small update on the local areas:
Jyrgalan back country skiing yurt lodge: 50+ cm of fresh powder.
Aksuu back country skiing yurt lodge: 35-45 cm of fresh powder overnight.
Karakol ski resort: around 20 cm of fresh powder.
There was also a couple small snowfalls during the past 7 days. The weather is already a spring-like and more and more slopes are becoming avalanche-dangerous.
Karakol ski resort avalanche fatality
There was an avalanche fatality at Karakol ski resort a few days ago. A family of 2 adults and 9 y.o. kid went off-piste and triggered avalanche. Whole group got caught by avalanche and while 2 adults ended on the surface the kid got buried. Not much information available but seems like no any avalanche beacons or safety gear were used. The kid didn’t make it.
Official BCA representative and refill station
Hooray! SportExpert/K2 shop is now official BCA representative in Kyrgyzstan. You can easily refill bca/mammut canister here. Check out this map to locate the shop. Call K2 shop at +996 312 931 551.
Powder perfect: splitboarding at Ichke-Jergez, Kyrgyzstan
Last year the 40tribes yurt site had some nice guests like a great photographer Dan Milner (the Deep movie), a great traveler Tristan Kennedy and numerous pro-rides. It’s been a while, but here is a great article by Tristan describing Kyrgyzstan backcountry experience!