Muztagh Ata - August 2006

The least you can say about Mt Muztagh Ata, is that it has a fine neighborhood : at the south, the Karakoram range, at the east, Tajikistan and the Pamir range, at the west, Taklamakan desert ("if you go in you don't come out" in Uyghur language) and at the north Tien Shan mountains and the fabled city of Kashgar. This is also a famous mountain for alpinists who can go down skiing thanks to (relativly) gentle slopes. But to really appreciate it nothing is better than a good trek going around it. On this trek, Muztagh Ata is king.

Photo galleries

You can see the photo gallery of the trek on distant trails (also works on iPhone and iPad).

You will need Adobe Flash Player to see this gallery (unless you use an iPhone or iPad). The lower right button of the gallery navigation bar will allow you to see the images full screen.

If you don't want to install Adobe Flash Player, you can see the trek photos on Flickr. You can also download there pictures in their original size.

Map

Thanks to Google Maps, you will see below the trek map.

Click on "View on a larger map" to see a full screen map and to be able to load it in Google Earth plug-in and see a 3D view. The trek trace you see is not coming from a GPS, so do not try to use the coordinates to perform some actual navigation.