A great place for family holidays in summer, for athletes in winter. 2 levels of cable car ascent , the height is more than 3000 above sea level. It is very beautiful on the top where there is always snow and fog at any time periodically. There are a lot of foreigners. Everyone who came to Almaty is worth a visit. 5++
We came for an excursion. We were not pleasantly surprised that the funicular was standing. I have not found information anywhere on the Internet that the cable car is under maintenance
You can get there by bus and by car. There is a lot of parking space, but for a fee. There is a help desk, a shop and many ticket offices for buying tickets for the cable car.
The lifts to the top are closed until the first of November 2022. It's totally not worth the money without it.
The booths themselves are dirty, it's not so convenient to take pictures
Gorgeous views! The business card of Almaty. In rubles, the rise per person is only ~ 750 rubles. Be sure to visit and climb all the way to the top. Just dress warmly. There are not so many people on weekdays.
On this gondola road, you can climb to Cimbulak and, if to the end, to Talgar pass, the highest point of skiing, 3,200 m above sea level, right on the course of Chkalov peak and next to two glaciers Til and Ayak, the beauty is extraordinary 👍🤔
There are ticket offices at the bottom of the Medeo, where you can buy tickets for skiing, ski passes and for hikers. If you go to the end, to the pass, it is better to take a ticket here at once, and not in two steps, on the Cimbulak 😁👌
The prices are of course horse-drawn, on par with European mountain trails. But it's worth it, cool and sharp. It's a pity the ice is on the track after lunch, and night rides are not for beginners. I ride several times a season.
we went with a friend for the weekend, who is a disabled person of group 1, at the ticket office they sold us a ticket for her also for the full price, they said that the benefits do not apply. We were very disappointed, because in principle, I believe that benefits should apply to people with disabilities, regardless of time and day. Also, the complex itself, as well as the restaurants, did not have a toilet and facilities for the disabled.
It's beautiful, it's a pity that there are no blankets for rent, if you forgot to take them downstairs or you're not dressed for the weather, you'll get bored
Ticket offices open with a long delay, which causes long queues, in particular for pensioners. In my case, the cards required reinitialization, since the existing printed WTP numbers did not match the internal actual ones, possibly after the introduction of QR codes on the cards and possible failures in the database. Anyway, I couldn't make an online payment for 3 cards that our Family has been using for a long time (he writes that there are no such numbers in the database). In general, we had to stand in a long queue for the cashier to initialize and print out new WTP numbers, and this despite the fact that only one cashier is working. To do this, I had to go to the Medeo ticket office. The question is: that it is impossible to organize an Administrative point in the city to resolve disputes (there is no question about online payment). Feedback regarding the operation of the ticket offices.
I can't comment on the ski part because I've never skated myself. But even a bkz ski place is worth your time. Take a ride on the funicular, enjoy the mountain air and great views, there are also good restaurants with excellent cuisine. It is encouraging to see this in my homeland.
The whole holiday is spoiled by the ticket office in Shymkent. We got up with the children .. They don't get enough parole yet...Go down and pay again.
At the entrance, there is not enough more information about the tracks, if it were not for the will of chance, they would not have found out about the snake)
I really liked the cable car, but the prices bite terribly! I didn't like that the booths at the entrance move abruptly, it's dangerous with kids. There are plenty of photographers. The prices are expensive and the quality of the photo does not shine except for the mail if you ask for it, because when printing the image is distorted, but this is because of the printer, it's funny when they save on it. I won't take any more photos there.