Backcountry Huts in Kyrgyzstan

Greetings!

We are 2 years into the development of a community-supported backcountry ski touring and avalanche education program in rural Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. This seems like the perfect forum for spreading the word and inviting others in on the secret!

Check us out at 40 Tribes Backcountry Adventures, http://www.fortytribesbackcountry.com/p/index.html.

Kyrgyzstan is literally halfway around the world from the US (our home), but quite accessible from many points in Europe.

First and foremost, we are looking to network with EU-based skiers/riders who have been to Kyrgyzstan or anywhere else in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc), and invite them to the 40 Tribes Forum to share about their adventures. There are a few other forums out there (diesel.kg, risk.ru, etc), but they are for Russian-speaking users only. Ours is the only universal forum, and because there’s such limited information available on skiing in this part of the world, we are really excited about developing this resource.

Second, if you love to travel to far-off places to ski/ride, you should know that our huts are open for self-guided stays!! We will have a yurt set up this season in the Lake Issyk Kol region (between Karakol and Dzerghalan - 2 known resort/heli skiing destinations), and it will be available to private groups of skiers/riders whenever a guided program is not taking place. Our village partners host the stays - i.e. they prepare traditional meals for the group, make tea, keep the fire while you’re out skiing, etc. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience and an amazing way to connect with the local culture, not to mention the mountains.

Third, if you’re a qualified, English-speaking backcountry guide or avalanche educator, take a look at our Voluntourism Program and join us in Kyrgyzstan this coming winter to help us develop and run our first year of programs.

Finally, photos from Kyrgyzstan below!! Thanks for reading and we look forward to hearing from you soon if you’re interested or if you’d like to know more.

Ryan Koupal
Colorado, USA

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More images here!
 
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Is this project related to The Kyrgyzstan Plan?

Hi Snowlover, thanks for the post...and the previous post at that. Yeah, 40 Tribes is the evolution of The Kyrgyzstan Plan project. We didn't know this at first, but "plan" apparently translates into "hashish" in both Kyrgyz and Russian. :shock: So promoting a project called "Kyrgyz Hash" wasn't really flying over so well in that part of the world!

More seriously, we realized that we needed to develop some sort of commercial guiding entity in order to keep the project alive. Sponsorship support can only take you so far, right?

We are still in the process of editing the film, to be called The Kyrgyzstan Plan, but it likely won't be ready until Fall of 2011. We plan to take it on tour alongside another backcountry film called Wyoming Triumph, also still in production following a less-than-average winter in WY last year.

This means that anyone who comes to ride with us this coming winter has a chance at making it in the TKP film!! :WHOO
 
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