Getting there
Buses No. 12 and No. 21 from Dostyk Avenue to Medeu, then the gondola.
A quarter of an hour in a cabin, and the traffic on Al-Farabi turns into snow under your feet.
Amateur skiers found these slopes back in the 1940s, and the first 1,500-metre tow went up in 1954. In 1983 the USSR's Olympic training base opened here, and in 2011 the resort was one of the venues of the Asian Winter Games.
A gondola runs up from the Medeu rink: 15–20 minutes and you are at about 2,200 metres. From there, lifts climb to the Talgar Pass at 3,200 metres.
The season usually runs from December to early May. In summer people come for the views, the cool air and the trails.
- Base
- 2,200 m
- Top
- 3,200 m, Talgar Pass
- Gondola from Medeu
- 15–20 minutes
- Season
- December to early May
