CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
It goes by way of Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B, Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I and back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,650 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Uzbekistan into Kazakhstan - carry ID and check the toll rules. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
East of Tashkent, the Western Tian Shan rises in a series of ridges, and the Chatkal range is one of the most accessible of them, its snowy peaks visible from the capital on a clear day. The Chatkal State Biosphere Reserve protects a part of this landscape, with forests of juniper, walnut, maple and wild fruit trees, and alpine meadows above, home to Tian Shan brown bears, snow leopards, ibex, wild boar and many birds of prey. The Western Tian Shan, shared by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, is on the UNESCO list.
Read the complete The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve is where the day begins. Next is Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B.
In the south of Kazakhstan, where the western spurs of the Tien Shan rise from the steppe, the Sairam-Ugam National Park protects a landscape of high mountains, deep valleys, juniper forests and alpine meadows. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Western Tien Shan, shared between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, recognised for its exceptional biodiversity, including wild relatives of fruit trees such as apples, pears and walnuts, which are believed to be the ancestors of many cultivated varieties.
Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B comes up about 260 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I.
In the far south of Kazakhstan, east of the city of Shymkent, the Western Tien Shan mountains rise abruptly from the steppe in a wall of snow-capped peaks, deep gorges and forests of juniper, walnut and wild fruit trees. The Sairam-Ugam National Park protects a large part of these mountains, and it is one of the components of the Western Tien Shan World Heritage site, listed by UNESCO in 2016 together with areas in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 446 km into the recorded legs you reach Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I. Next is back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B, late in the day. Next is The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve. That is the ride.
The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve → Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B is 260 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B → Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I is 186 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I → back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B is 186 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B → The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve is 260 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.