Oi-Qaragai

The wet-weather and strong-wind alternative to Ushkonyr, and the venue when a group wants somewhere with a restaurant at the bottom.

Where	Resort valley in the Zailiysky Alatau, south-east of Almaty
Launch alt.	unknown
Aspect	unknown
Access	Paved road to the resort, lift and service infrastructure on site.
Season	Used year-round by local operators; free flight in the warm half of the year.
Retrieval	Easy. Everything is inside a serviced resort valley.
What it is for	The wet-weather and strong-wind alternative to Ushkonyr, and the venue when a group wants somewhere with a restaurant at the bottom.
Sources	Listed as a launch site by a public local operator, verified 2026-09-28 — secondary source

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