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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Any Q's please ask 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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What's the best chic menswear store you found?
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60p for a hat? Ripoff 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Where the lines from lift, skin, heli access?
The main resort was always Chimkent, no? Is this totally different or related?
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Cost? Duration? Fly from?
Did you do it DIY?
lift accessed or Cat uplift?
Was it worth it?
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Epic
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| Orange200 wrote: |
Where the lines from lift, skin, heli access?
The main resort was always Chimkent, no? Is this totally different or related? |
All lift access.
Chimgan is 30mins down the road and seems to be undergoing major development. We didn't ride there.
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| gixxerniknik wrote: |
Cost? Duration? Fly from?
Did you do it DIY?
lift accessed or Cat uplift?
Was it worth it? |
Direct flights to TAS from LHR & LGW
Amirsoy 90mins drive from TAS
Duration = 10 nights (7 nights in Amirsoy)
Total trip cost = approx £1.5k
YES
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YES indeed
Next season
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| Mike Pow wrote: |
YES indeed
Next season |
Can I tag along?
I can speak one of the lingua used in the region
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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No visa required for Brits? Or other admin/paperwork?
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@Orange200, no visa for tourism up to 30 days
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You know it makes sense.
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Total trip cost = approx £1.5k
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What...all in? For 10 days?
Hang on a minute, can you post links?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
| What's the best chic menswear store you found? |
Wankas R Us. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Direct flights for next week are showing for maybe 800 quid return.
Only 4h time difference, I thought it was more.
A review says bring your own gear. Damn.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| gixxerniknik wrote: |
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Total trip cost = approx £1.5k
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What...all in? For 10 days?
Hang on a minute, can you post links? |
We took indirect flights via Warsaw = £400 return
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1167903251023494979
Sleeps 6-8 comfortably
If you fill it <£50pppn
Lift pass £15-20ish/day
Car hire £350ish/wk for a large SUV
Everything else dirt cheap
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Dang, so tempting… a day in Tashkent for tourism too.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Looks brilliant @hd? ...Though have I missed what ski area you were actually at?
- How did you find off piste routes?
- Did you use a guide/guides?
- Was it an organised tour once you got there?
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| A review says bring your own gear. Damn. |
Review of what@Orange200?
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A review of the resort at PowderHounds. Says they have gear to hire but it’s quite basic. I can’t ski powder well anyway, if I have to do it with 72mm underfoot I will not make good progress.
@Mike Pow and @mooney058, would love to join and revive my Russian like I did in Georgia, but I struggle to take time off work. Let me know if anything happens!
Edit, links below say maybe there is good stuff available.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Tue 7-04-26 21:23; edited 1 time in total
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| Orange200 wrote: |
A review of the resort. Says they have gear to hire but it’s quite basic. I can’t ski powder well anyway, if I have to do it with 72mm underfoot I will not make good progress.
@Mike Pow and @mooney058, would love to join and revive my Russian like I did in Georgia, but I struggle to take time off work. Let me know if anything happens! |
Would be very keen, flights look OK. Can also be group’s driver. Would also do 2-3 days in Tashkent before/after the skiing part.
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| ***Amirsoy*** (Uzbekistan) |
Cheers @hd. Apologies for my most unobservant schoolboy error! 
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I like Uzbekistan, as a tourist trip with a bit of skiing why not - registan square in the snow is particularly stunning. I'm not sure id get so excited about a tiny resort to fly all the way out there just for skiing though. Especially when you have Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, and Kazakhstan all in the region offering far superior skiing.
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What...all in? For 10 days?
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There's 7 day 1:5 guided ski touring trips in Kyrgyzstan (all meals, transfers, accomodation etc., but not flights) for around €800. Guided cat ski is €120 per person per day. Things are cheap in this part of the world.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@hd, I wouldn't really recommend Kazakhstan or kyrgyzstan for lift served. Georgia is the better option.
Although the new lift in Jyrgalan Kyrgyzstan (ala too resort) is just about finished and will open for next season - probably not much smaller than Amirsoy. The plan is to expand and build a huge resort so could be one to look at in future.
There is also a big expansion planned for Shymbulak in Kazakhstan which could also make it a destination resort in future.
If you are open to cat ski rather than lifts Ridder in Kazakhstan is perhaps the best non-touring option in KZ and KG. (Not been personally but talking with others, including guides, seems to be the consensus).
For Kyrgyzstan right now you really need to tour to get the most out of it. But I think that deserted touring experience with great untracked powder is kind of the USP. Also some fun cultural things like horse uplift, backcountry yurts add to the experience.
Edit: of course they are not so close, but if you are flying all the way to central Asia it makes little difference. It's like Colorado and British Columbia are really far apart, but once you decide to fly to n America the distance between the two probably doesn't factor into the decision making which you choose, and both are broadly grouped into the n America discussion.
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You know it makes sense.
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@boarder2020 sounds good could you start (or add to already existing) separate threads on these other countries?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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We looked at Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan for work. My OH got offered a job in Almaty but there was nothing acceptable for me there at the time. We did a bit of research into skiing there and it looks like there's a lot of investment at the moment to make it a viable alternative to the Alps in coming years seemingly down to reliability of snow.
We decided it would nice to ski if we were local but wouldn't go out of our way to travel there just to ski (yet).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@hd, would you do it again or is it one trip worth destination?
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@mooney058 definitely yes to the former if/when Amirsoy & Beldersay are linked
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