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Talgar and Issyk valleys
Where an XC line out of Ushkonyr actually goes: the range front runs east for a long way with roads underneath most of it. This is the useful direction, and it is also where airspace stops being theoretical.
| Where | East of Almaty along the range front |
|---|---|
| Launch alt. | unknown |
| Aspect | N |
| Access | Paved to the valley mouths, dirt above. |
| Season | May to September. |
| Retrieval | Easy at the front of the range, hard inside the gorges. |
| What it is for | Where an XC line out of Ushkonyr actually goes: the range front runs east for a long way with roads underneath most of it. This is the useful direction, and it is also where airspace stops being theoretical. |
| Sources | Our own ground operations on the range front |
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