Jeti Ögüz

Jeti Ögüz (Seven Bulls, курорт Жети-Огуз) is a raion (district) in Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan.

Understand
Its capital is Kyzyl-Suu. The district comprises much of the eastern end of the Teskey Ala-Too Range.

Get in
It is about /35 min with bus #355 from Karakol's Big Bazaar Bus Station to, 30-35 som. From the village the driver goes up to the sanatorium if there are at least 6 people, for another 40 som. Otherwise, just hitch-hike from the village.

See

 * Just before it the beautiful Seven Bulls (which is "Жети-өгүз" in Kyrgyz) and Broken Heart mountain, a large, red sedimentary rocks, about 2,200 m, for which it is famous. The rocks have been carved out by a river from the Terskey Alatoo mountains. Years of weathering have split the rocks into seven parts. The forms of the rocks are similar to the head of the seven bulls, “Jeti”-means seven and “Oguz”-means bull in Kyrgyz. Broken Heart is a reddish rock shaped like a broken heart. For this rock, there are several legends: long ago a king who was very rich and had many wives went hunting. One day he saw a beautiful girl with black long hair. He fall in love with her at first sight, and wanted to marry her. However she was from a poor family and was already engaged. Her family ran away from the king when they learned that he wanted their daughter. But the king caught them, killed her fiancé and her family. Her heart was torn by sadness and the Broken Heart appeared in that place.
 * Just before it the beautiful Seven Bulls (which is "Жети-өгүз" in Kyrgyz) and Broken Heart mountain, a large, red sedimentary rocks, about 2,200 m, for which it is famous. The rocks have been carved out by a river from the Terskey Alatoo mountains. Years of weathering have split the rocks into seven parts. The forms of the rocks are similar to the head of the seven bulls, “Jeti”-means seven and “Oguz”-means bull in Kyrgyz. Broken Heart is a reddish rock shaped like a broken heart. For this rock, there are several legends: long ago a king who was very rich and had many wives went hunting. One day he saw a beautiful girl with black long hair. He fall in love with her at first sight, and wanted to marry her. However she was from a poor family and was already engaged. Her family ran away from the king when they learned that he wanted their daughter. But the king caught them, killed her fiancé and her family. Her heart was torn by sadness and the Broken Heart appeared in that place.

Do
Hiking routes from Kyzyl Suu River Valley to: Or directly to the glacier lakes:
 * (Жети-Өгүз курорту) through (3,900 m)&mdash;see Archa Tor Pass Trail (Download coordinates: GPX, KML.),
 * through (Саватор, 4,000 m),
 * (right place?) through Ashu Tor pass.
 * Kashkator (?) (3-hr walk), and
 * (3 hr hike).