The Pamir Highway (Tajikistan - Kirgizstan).

Inte översatt ännu.

The route: 

Danger zones from Dushanbe to Khalaikum. Militia and bandits roam in the mountains. Easy cycling in gorge to Khorog. I left the PH and took alternative small, pretty rough back roads to Jhelandy. Difficult to find water on the salt plateau after Kagartak pass. Difficult to find food anywhere between Khorog and Murghab. Some higher passes, but short and easy climbs, never steep (with the exception of Ak-Baytal). Loads of check points, but no problem, as long as you have the permit for Gorno Badakshan Oblast, easily picked up in Dushanbe. A very beautiful route!

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Comment Distance: start Pamir Highway Altitude Distance: Cairo accumulated
X (after pass before Khalaikum) 0 2900 6335
X 15 2000 6350
CP 22 1550 6357
Shirg 31 1265 6366
Khalaikum 32 1215 6367
CP 41 1240 6376
X 50 1265 6385
CP 75 1330 6410
CP 99 1390 6434
X 100 1380 6435
CP Baravi 116 1575 6451
CP 122 1525 6457
LP Vanch river TO, bridge 126 1525 6461
CP village shop 136 1600 6471
CP 145 1620 6480
CP village rest. 175 1720 6510
CP village 193 1940 6528
X 200 1950 6535
Rushan 1 210 1965 6545
Rushan main 225 1955 6560
CP bridge 230 1960 6565
X 250 1980 6585
X 275 2030 6610
CP 289 2060 6624
Khorog 293 2085 6628
X 316 2500 6651
Roshtkala 330 2600 6665
X 341 2775 6676
Asphalt finish 346 2800 6681
X 365 2870 6700
X 390 3095 6725
X 394 3155 6729
Camp 406 3250 6741
X 415 3300 6750
Detour start 425 3475 6760
Detour Back 445 3475 6780
X 451 3670 6786
Climb stop 463 4060 6798
Top 468 4105 6803
Steep DH start 476 4015 6811
River 480 3650 6815
Back forth Jhelandy 482 3625 6817
Back forth Jhelandy 507 3625 6842
X 515 3835 6850
Flattens out 518 4060 6853
Koy-Tezek Pass 522 4115 6857
Asphalt 530 3970 6865
LP 541 3875 6876
Tagarkak Pass 546 4040 6881
Asphalt (finish on..77) 551 3925 6886
LP 562 3715 6897
Minipass 565 3785 6900
Water 577 3780 6912
Alidhur 584 3780 6919
X 590 3800 6925
X 615 3840 6950
X 640 4020 6975
X 665 3750 7000
CP.climb start 681 3575 7016
Minipass 682 3620 7017
X 690 3515 7025
Murghab everything. 697 3520 7032
Riding in Murghab. 10km 707 3520 7042
X 715 3610 7050
X 740 3750 7075
CP 757 3905 7092
Good camp water 759 3945 7094
X 765 4035 7100
Start steep cl. Asphalt end 782 4290 7117
Ak-Baytal Pass Off. 4655m 785 4530 7120
X 790 4215 7125
Steep DH end 792 4165 7127
Asph. Start Settlem. 806 4000 7141
X 815 3975 7150
X 840 3820 7175
Karakul CP 844 3835 7179
X 865 3865 7200
Pass 874 4135 7209
X 877 4155 7212
X Lost for 8km 881 4000 7216
X Found it! 889 4000 7224
LP 893 3885 7228
Corrugations DT 897 3885 7232
CP Tajik Immigration 906 4080 7241
Pass 907 4145 7242
Asphalt 919 3525 7254
Kirg. Immigration 926 3355 7261
CP. TO Irkhestam 371KM 949 3010 7284
CP 950 3025 7285
Sary Tash 951 3040 7286
Pass 960 3420 7295
LP 962 3315 7297
Pass 965 3480 7300
HP 966 3490 7301
Vill. 979 2745 7314
Vill. 1010 2120 7345
Rest. Shop. 1016 2015 7351
Gulchu 1056 1550 7391
LP 1059 1530 7394
Steep cl. start 1065 1705 7400
Pass 1075 2335 7410
X 1080 2035 7415
X 1100 1735 7435
X 1125 1150 7460
Osh 1139 995 7474