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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–23 °C (52–73 °F)
- J-3°-11°43
- F-1°-9°52
- M4°-4°97
- A11°2°151
- M16°6°183
- J21°11°128
- J23°13°111
- A23°13°66
- S18°8°49
- O11°2°85
- N4°-4°72
- D-1°-9°54
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
- 45 km · 28 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Trans-Ili Alatau Mountains (Central Tian Shan › Tian Shan; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km S of Almaty · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Region
- Almaty
- Continent
- Asia
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- KAK
- From / to
- Плотина Каргалы → Ущелье Каскелен
- Local name
- Каргалы-Аксай-Каскелен
- Route centre
- 43.0688, 76.7369
- Route start
- 43.1392, 76.8644
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17975553
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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