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Assy plateau
The high-altitude option in the Almaty region and the closest thing here to Suusamyr. We list it because it is the obvious next step for XC; we do not sell it as a fixed leg until we have flown and driven it enough to publish honest retrieval times.
| Where | High plateau east of Almaty, above the Turgen gorge |
|---|---|
| Launch alt. | unknown |
| Aspect | unknown / multiple |
| Access | Long mountain road, 4x4 advisable, closed by snow much of the year. |
| Season | Mid-June to September only. |
| Retrieval | Moderate. One road along the plateau; off it, nothing. |
| What it is for | The high-altitude option in the Almaty region and the closest thing here to Suusamyr. We list it because it is the obvious next step for XC; we do not sell it as a fixed leg until we have flown and driven it enough to publish honest retrieval times. |
| Sources | Our own ground operations on the Assy road; flying not yet logged by us |
One row per flying area in the Almaty region that we operate in or drive to. Every number carries its status: verified means we measured it or it comes from a primary operating document; claimed means a public source states it and we have not checked it ourselves; unknown means we do not know and will not guess. Retrieval difficulty and airspace notes are our own operational judgement — they are not a substitute for the official Kazakh AIP, and if your task touches controlled airspace the AIP is the only document that counts.
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