Overview
The T-1 glaciological station sits on the moraine at 3,445 m, approximately 1.5 km from the current glacier terminus. The station — established in 1957 and the only site in post-Soviet Central Asia with a continuous mass-balance record — consists of wooden research cabins and a network of ablation stakes extending across the ice. From the moraine the glacier body is fully visible: a 2 km tongue of grey-blue ice descending from the Ordzhonikidze cirque at 3,680 m, flanked by bare rock and lateral moraine ridges. The ice surface is crevassed; access onto the glacier itself requires mountaineering equipment and is not part of this day trip. The view documents retreat that has removed roughly 2 km of glacier length since the Little Ice Age maximum.
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Glacier terminus viewpoint (3,400 m)
Step 6 · 2 km from previous · 60 min drive
The T-1 glaciological station sits on the moraine at 3,445 m, approximately 1.5 km from the current glacier terminus. The station — established in 1957 and the only site in post-Soviet Central Asia with a continuous mass-balance record — consists of wooden research cabins and a network of ablation stakes extending across the ice. From the moraine the glacier body is fully visible: a 2 km tongue of grey-blue ice descending from the Ordzhonikidze cirque at 3,680 m, flanked by bare rock and lateral moraine ridges. The ice surface is crevassed; access onto the glacier itself requires mountaineering equipment and is not part of this day trip. The view documents retreat that has removed roughly 2 km of glacier length since the Little Ice Age maximum.