Shymbulak Ski Resort

Shymbulak Ski Resort (aka Chimbulak) is located near Almaty and is the most popular ski resort in Kazakhstan. It’s also the most developed with respect to lift infrastructure and services such as English speaking ski and snowboard instructors.

Despite being large by Kazakhstan standards, you’ll still need to keep your expectations in check with respect to size considering it only has 20km of piste. The ski area goes up to an elevation of 3,180 metres and off-piste and backcountry skiing opportunities are prolific.

The ski resort has good ski-in ski-out lodging that’s popular with the Russian oligarchs, or you can stay down in the city because public transport options up to the resort are easily managed.

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