After a breakfast at a cabin, we start hiking up the gorge. While hiking, we witness dramatic change of geographical zones. At the start point, coniferous forest prevails. But at 2800m you see that trees disappear and the landscape changes into the zone of alpine meadows. Above 3300m there is already a zone of glaciers - there is almost no vegetation here. The route all the way follows the main ground track. We will walk through so called "Touyuk-Su gates" - the narrowest place of the gorge with high vertical rocks both sides. Then pass by Mynzhylki dam with oldest meteostation. Then cross a stream, move to the left side of the gorge and follow hiking up to the T1 glaciological station. Behind the station, if walk further along the path, you can find the moraine lake under Molodyozhny peak. The lake is formed by Molodyozhny glacier, "hanging" on the mount slope. The panoramas are indeed great - stunning view of the circus of the Touyuk-Su glacier, surrounded by peaks over 4000 meters

We hike back to the cabin from the glacier, take lunch and get ready for the descent to the city. Having packed, we hike down to Shymbulak, from where take a cable car (or eco-taxi) to Medeo. Drive to Almaty. Drop off at your hotel.