Rock climbing Camp in
Bektau

A 10-day course of intense climbing and improving crack climbing skills.
You will find hundreds of beautiful TRAD lines, from short and easy to challenging and long. We will learn to climb cracks of different sizes, jam your hands and feet, position your body, and place protection points. On rest days from climbing, we will enjoy fascinating walks around the picturesque area and choose new routes for the following days. The course is suitable for both beginners and experienced participants.

Bektau - Ata is a mountain range 70 km to the north from Balkhash. It is a mountainous area in the middle of the steppe, about 13 by 18 kilometers in size. Bektau-Ata has a mesmerising geological history. The place is a highly eroded granite intrusion massif that came to the surface after tectonic uplift and erosion of the soft rocks surrounding it.
The highest point is Bektau-Ata (1214m above sea level). Entire massif splits into several ridges: Bektauata, Sarykulzha (Yellow argali), Konyrkulzha (Brown argali) – with Apar Su pass between them, Karashoky, Zhaltas. They are separated by fairly wide canyons with forests and lakes.
The terrain around is flat granite hills with edges and canyons radiating from the main peaks. There are many remains of the most bizarre shapes here. Here you can find cranes and waders, rare argali and gazelles.

Bektau Ata is a unique area where time and wind have carved the most bizarre granite shapes. Climbing is specific here, it is rarely found anywhere else: cracks of different sizes, of-widths and chimneys.

Climbing here is TRAD-climbing. There are no bolted routes in the area. Cams of all sizes are mainly used for protection

There are several hundred climbing lines in the area, ranging from very short and simple to super complex and long for several pitches. Many of them have not been climbed yet.
For bouldering enthusiasts, all kinds of suitable boulders are scattered around the area.