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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 12–15 °C (54–59 °F)
- J-10°-18°24
- F-7°-16°29
- M-2°-11°45
- A3°-6°66
- M7°-1°125
- J12°2°119
- J15°5°125
- A14°5°98
- S10°0°80
- O3°-7°81
- N-4°-13°45
- D-9°-16°33
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 19 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Terskey Ala-Too Range (Central Tian Shan › Tian Shan; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 21 km S of Karakol (Issyk-Kul) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Region
- Issyk-Kul
- Continent
- Asia
- Route type
- Regional route
- Local name
- Круговой маршрут по ущелью Каракол
- Route centre
- 42.2948, 78.4507
- Route start
- 42.3160, 78.4717
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12350280
- Wikidata
- Q105635607
- Official info
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Karakol
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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