A hiking trail to ascend Lenin Peak and other peaks in this area starts from the Base Camp. Hiking from Lenin Peak Base Camp towards Camp 1 A History of Lenin Peak. Before traveling to Central Asia, I didn’t really know about the region’s geography. The dining tent at Peak Lenin Base Camp. Everyone is very warmly welcome at our Base Camp. Lenin Peak Base Camp: infrastructure. Drive from Osh to the Base Camp of Lenin Peak (3600 m) on Edelweiss Glade (280km, 5 hours). Our Base Camp is one of the cosiest and the most comfortable camps in the Achik-Tash valley. It is regarded as the easiest of Central Asia’s 7000-meter peaks to climb, taking on average ten to 12 days to summit. Accommodation in tents. It is the closest to the start point of the trail to the Travellers’ Pass. I had heard of the Pamir Highway and the mountain ranges in Tajikistan but I didn’t know about any specific peak.. Trekking to Lenin Peak Base Camp.

However, Lenin Peak had been on my thoughts for years and was, definitely, something I didn’t want to miss when I went backpacking in Kyrgyzstan. Located in South Kyrgyzstan, Osh is often referred to as ‘the southern capital’. The Lenin Peak Base Camp is located at the foot of Lenin Peak in the Pamir Mountains at an elevation of 3,500 meters above sea level. Later that evening, dinner was also three courses but the main dish was simpler and more traditional – plov (rice, meat and vegetables).However, of the countless plates of plov we ate during our time in Central Asia, this was definitely one of the best! It is the country’s second largest city. Lenin Peak Base Camp. Lenin Peak towers an additional 3,634 meters above the camp. Lenin Peak is the third tallest peak in the former Soviet Union and is one of the five snow-leopard mountains.The summit of the mountain has a metal statue of Vladimir Lenin’s head, a reminder of the peak’s history.

Early arrival in Osh.