Snow Leopard Challenge

Your first 7000er, technically accessible, where we plan more days of acclimatization. The weather is often complicated, so we plan to climb in the first half of August, which is generally more favorable.

The Ismoil Somoni Peak (former Communism Peak), marks the highest point of the former USSR at 7495 meters. The imposing pyramid of rock and summit ice rests on a vast quadrilateral whose four faces…

The ascent of Korjenevskaya or Korzhenevskoï Peak (known as Ozodi Peak since 2020) is slightly more difficult than that of Lenin Peak. But it takes place in an imposing setting, in the heart of the…

At "just" 7010 metres, Khan Tengri could be the easiest of the Snow Leopard Challenge. But its modest altitude is more than made up for by the sheer number of difficulties involved in its ascent. The…

It was not until 1943 that Pobeda Peak was identified as the highest peak in the Tien Shan or Celestial Mountains. For a long time, its close neighbour, Khan Tengri, seemed to be in first place…