Tour to the Ketmen Mountains from Almaty -
The northern slopes of the Ketmen Range merge into the Ili Valley. The range in Kazakhstan stretches for 160 km. The total length of the range is 310 km. There are no glaciers or snow on the range, but there is a permafrost zone. The tops of the ridges are flat and wide.
The Ketmen Pass is located at an altitude of 3,040 meters above sea level in the eastern part of the mountain range. An ancient caravan route ran here from the Ili Valley to the Kegen-Tekes Depression, connecting the northern slope of the Ketmen Gorge and the southern slope of the Shalkuduksu River Valley.
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How to get there and visit -
The Ketmen Ridge, or Uzunkar, is a mountain range in the northern part of the Tien Shan. The range is located in the Uyghur and Raimbek districts of the Almaty region, as well as in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China.
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Tourist Information
There are no glaciers here because the range is located below the snow line. The peaks of the Ketmen Ridge are flat and gently sloping. Roads run along the ridge. The range is heavily indented by river valleys and deep, steep gorges. In the north there is the valley of the Ili River, the Bedeti, Sundecai, Dardamty, Dolatysay, Ulkensay, Ulken Aksu, Maly Aksu, Shoshasynsay, Temirlik rivers, and in the south the Satylykhasan, Shubyrmakhasan, Shalkodesu, Kisykaktas, Sholak rivers. At an altitude of 2700-3000 m, subalpine landscapes are located in mountain meadow soils, and at an altitude of 3000 m there are various grassy alpine meadows.
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