The photos by George Regetsiy (leader of the trek, Omsk city, Russia)
Comments: Igor Fedyaev

The approaches to the passes and mountains of Terskey Alatau range get the beginning at the beautiful valleys deeply forested with the relict Tien Shan firs, which are becoming rare in the other parts of Tien Shan due to deforestation process. The are many springs and small streams in Terskey Alatau, so you have cross over them some time a day. Crossing the stream by the stones...
...and by the beam.
On the far approaches to SOAN ( Sibirskoye Otdeleniye Akademii Nauk - Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences) pass. The forest border is seen on altitude of about 3,000 m
Arashan gorge.
Approach to SOAN pass from the East.
Bivouac on the lake's bank on the approach to SOAN pass.
On the col of SOAN pass (4000 m, 2A CD, connects r. Baitor [r. Jetiogiz basin] to r. Ailama [r. Chon-Kizilsuu basin]).
The pastoral landscape on the far approaches to Archator pass (1A CD, 3700 m, connects r. Asantukum [r. Jetiogiz basin] to r. Archator [r. Chon-Kizilsuu basin]).
Small  waterfall on the approaches to Jetiogis pass.
On the Jetoguz col (2B CD, 4300 m, connects Karakol gl. [r. Ontor basin] to Ailanish gl. [r. Jetioguz basin]). The Karakolsky peak is visible on the background.
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