Private Tour
6-Day Kazakhstan Ridder Camp Ski Private Guided Tour and Adventure
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144 hours
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Join us on a unique ski touring adventure in Ridder and enjoy an unforgettable deep powder skiing in the woods! Kazakhstan is an amazing country for adventures, offering new experiences, new destinations as well as new culture for skiers. We offer you the opportunity to ski in the Altai Mountains that stretch over 4 countries: Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
Our trip starts from Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen in Kazakh), the capital of the East Kazakhstan Region. Then we drive to Ridder, which is the gateway to the northern and western part of Kazakhstan’s Altai.
Accommodation for the 6-day programme is in a comfortable, heated lodge in the woods of the Altai. Please note: single/double rooms will not be available during this trip. The lodge has a stove heating and provides warmth even in the bitter cold. Next to our lodge is a Banya (famous Russian banya). You’ll have a chance to feel the difference between the Russian banya and the Scandinavian sauna.
Additional Info
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Private transportation
All Fees and Taxes
accomodation
dinner
Services of a ski guide
return transfer from Almaty
all transfers as part of the ski tour programme
avalanche equipment rental if needed
Ski touring equipment
flight tickets
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport
Oskemen Kazakhstan
What To Expect
Arrival in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Meeting at the airport. Transfer to the mountain lodge (about 2-2.5 hours)
Accommodations
Overnight in a mountain hut
Food and Drinks
DINNER
Dinner
Ridder
Our trip starts from Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen in Kazakh), the capital of the East Kazakhstan Region. Then we drive to Ridder that is the gateway to the northern and western part of Kazakhstan’s Altai. The city is situated in the Altai Mountains along the Ulba River at an elevation higher than 600 metres.
Ski-touring / splitboarding
Accommodations
Overnight in a mountain hut
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
DINNER
Dinner
Ridder
Our guides can offer more than 60 routes on skins on the Serzhinskiy, Prohodnoy, Ivanovskiy, Cherepanovskiy and Kholodniy ridges.
Ski-touring / splitboarding from the lodge exploring the surrounding ridges.
Accommodations
Overnight in a mountain hut
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
DINNER
Dinner
Ridder
Driving to the Ivanovsky ridge. Ski touring and exploring. In Altai we will be exclusively in forested areas. Our lodge is situated at a height of 500m, and the highest peaks hit a height of around 2200m (in Ivanovski gorge).
Ski-touring / splitboarding exploring the surrounding ridges.
Accommodations
Overnight in a mountain hut
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
DINNER
Dinner
Ridder
Ski touring on Kholodniy ridge. We’ll choose our routes based on the weather, the snow conditions and the ability of the group.
Ski-touring / splitboarding
Accommodations
Overnight in a mountain hut
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
DINNER
Dinner
Ridder
Ski touring on Sergzhinskiy ridge. While the town of Ridder is not much of a draw in itself, its surroundings most definitely are. Tremendous tracts of taiga forest harbour big wildlife like elks and bears while the nearby hills and mountains are a great playground for snowboarders and skiers of different levels and preferences.
Transfer from the mountain lodge to the airport of Ust-Kamenogorsk
Accommodations
Overnight in a mountain hut
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
Ridder
Transfer back to Ust-Kamenogorsk from Ridder
Options
Backcountry trip
Ulba Camp/East Pole
Ski touring: Splitboarding
Duration: 6 days
Breakfast, Dinner
Minibus
Pickup included
Reviews
11 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Ski tour in Ridder
ltc0lumb0,
Feb 18, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A sweater in Ridder is a separate kind of pleasure. Unforgettable spots, excellent guides, wonderful ride. And like the icing on the cake - a bathhouse with a beautiful snowdrift outside. Frozen Rocks is better. Ridder is a place where I will definitely return.
Best
maximr580,
Mar 16, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I went to ridder camp twice in december 2022 and march 2023. Best trip, great snow, excellent guides. Houses with all amenities. Julia you are the best, thank you!
Great Ski touring in the Altai mountains
JoeSnowdon,
Feb 21, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great trip with a great group of people. A fantastic chance to ski a very out the way place. Warm and comfortable accommodation.
Thrilling, stunning, exciting
Timur K,
Feb 15, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I have been ski touring with Frozen Rocks company in Ridder back in December 2022. The trip was well organized with respect to accommodation, logistics and food supply. For 3 days in a row we were ski-touring at different locations every day. So the intensity was varying. Good to have a good company aside along with professional guides/instructors. A great bonus was to finish a hard work day in a sauna well prepared by a accommodations holds!
January trip to Ridder.
Кирилл Р,
Feb 12, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great guides who know cool places. New lines every day. Great logistics organization. Nice big house to live in with warm bathroom. Big bath every night. Nice, varied meals at the cafe.
Ridder Camp!!!
B8492CX,
Feb 3, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It's not the first time I've visited Ridder Camp. Beautiful places, great company, mood and unforgettable emotions. Educated guides and their pick of routes where no one else has been, just pristine chubby and just for us. Recreation and organization of SUPER. You can't describe all the emotions and impressions. THANK YOU Yule and the boys for having such a good time. I'll be sure to get back to that fairy tale.
Ski touring a go go in pow pow.
RabbitontheroofS,
Jan 28, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The people are great, beautiful mountains, great food. Cool to discover a piece of Kazakhstan. So much more to see. Thank you Julia and all the team. Peter Rabbit on the roof.
Magical
Francois97436,
Jan 25, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Just returned from a week in this lovely area. Warm welcome, impeccable services. Very good skiing conditions. Julia organized the logistics beautifully and was very available to tell us about this very beautiful country.
It was awesome
alisher667,
Jan 24, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent guides, they selected routes where there were no traces other than ours, they also selected the difficulty for the group. We lived in very comfortable conditions, excellent hearty meals for breakfast and dinner. Also in the house where we lived there is Internet. Upon arrival in Ust-Kamenogorsk, we were met at the airport and taken to the base in Ridder There was an opportunity for two days of ski touring and one day of cat skiing
A great experience for ski-touring enthusiasts
Zeami,
Jan 24, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I had the privilege to spend a week ski-touring with Julia at the East Pole base near Ridder, and I highly recommend both the experience and Julia's organization of it. The snow is as deep and powdery as you can wish, and there is just the right density of trees in the surrounding fir and birch forests to have fun slaloming around them. East Pole was very comfortable, with excellent and abundant food. Enjoying a daily banya before dinner was also memorable. Two thumbs up !
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