Graph.Danger zones from Dushanbe to Khalaikum. 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. 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!
Graph.
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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 |
Photos from the Tajik part and from the Kirgiz part of the journey.