Jyrgalan Yurt Lodge ski tour camera is back online

Finally the web camera at Jyrgalan valley is back online. We had a huge renovation at the site since the September and had to turn off the camera. 

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Jyrgalan Yurt Lodge, December 2018

Overall we have 4th yurt set up at our area and now we have 3 client yurts, in the spring we will add one more yurt which means that in summer you can choose to stay from 3 private yurts and one shared.

As for mid-December snow status – there is around 35-45cm of snow at the snowmobile-supported back country skiing area and yesterday we had a group from Kazakhstan who enjoyed the snowboarding at this area.

The plans for upcoming season are huge and awesome, check them out:

  • New lodge at the upper Jyrgalan valley at 2900m – named Jyrgalan Heights Yurt lodge – done, details coming soon
  • New lodge at the Tyup valley at 2300m – named Jyrgalan-Tyup Yurt Lodge – in the process of setup
  • Personal windguru weather station at the Jyrgalan Yurt Lodge site – done
  • Explore snowkiting possibilities at Jyrgalan valley – coming soon
  • New website dedicated to the back country yurt skiing in Kyrgyzstan – SKIYURT.KGcoming soon

Snow status update for Aksuu Backcountry Skiing Yurt Lodge

As said in the previous post – this winter is quite poor for snow in the Northern Kyrgyzstan. At this date (Jan 18, 2018) we have around 40-45cm of snow at the Aksuu Backcountry Skiing yurt lodge site and around 50-60cm at the higher-altitude slopes. See some photos below.

Gallery update for Aksuu BC skiing yurt lodge 2016

After one week at the Aksuu backcountry skiing yurt lodge we have done a lot of small upgrades all over the camp. We have a slackline and swing now. New sauna looks and feels so great. We already had a couple snow dumps since beginning of November.

Check the gallery below.

Travelers With Skis at Aksuu Backcountry Skiing Yurt Lodge, Kyrgyzstan

We had a very special guests on March 2015. Travelers With Skis team came to visit Aksuu Backcountry Skiing Yurt Lodge, try out our camp life and shred the slopes all around. Check out the 15 min long video which will motivate you to make a step our of this world for a while and find the feeling of real freedom.

Aksuu Backcountry Yurt Lodge is ready for 2015/2016 season!

This season we started earlier to avoid difficulties connected with the transportation of all camp stuff and yurts. The way up to the Aksuu Backcountry Yurt Lodge site took just 3 hours with 2 military soviet URAL trucks compared to 3 days last years late December. We are already running, welcome.

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Wanna go heliskiing?

Heliskiing kyrgyzstan, aksuu, karakol

Terskey-Alatoo heliskiing around Karakol. Nice offer from our partners – BC camp Irdyk.

You can book a week in the camp which includes daily heli service. The package price is $3850 USD, entry date is Feb 9th 2015. The package includes: heli service, transfer from Karakol and back, full board meals, national yurts staying and a sauna.

No problem if you don’t want to go for a full package. A single day heliskiing price is $550 USD. The price includes transfer service from Karakol and back.

Contact us to book a heliskiing adventure in Kyrgyzstan.