Join us for Splitfest 2014, a splitboard-only guided week at the 40 Tribes Yurt, February 1-7, 2014! The week will highlight terrain that splitters are looking for, and focus in on the style and approach to riding lines that makes splitboarding so amazing. For participants who are new to riding a split, we will nail [...]

Article written for the 8th issue of Splitboard Magazine, “Viva La Revolucion,” published May 2013. “Is there any place in the world you’d rather be during the Apocalypse?” A friend had made the comment a year previously. These days it’s on repeat in my head anytime we are hanging out in front of the yurt [...]

Getting to Kyrgyzstan isn’t as expensive as you might think! Here are 20 cheap RT airfares, including taxes and fees, priced out on vayama.com. Price sample taken using Saturday, February 2-Sunday, February 10, 2013 as the dates. Let us know if we left your departure city out and we’ll see what we can dig up! [...]

Level 2 Avalanche + Ski/Snowboard Mountaineering Course – February 24-March 2, 2013 40 Tribes is proud to announce our newest course offering, designed for skiers and riders who are increasingly pushing limits in the backcountry, and looking to gain critical skills for staying safe in remote, big mountain environments. The curriculum will focus on approaching [...]

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The Crew: Second Self-Guided group of the season: Gustav, Johan, Claes, and Hans, from Sweden. Impressive how quickly these guys pulled the trigger on this trip! Tickets were booked not far off from Christmas and just over 2 weeks later they were here in Kyrgyzstan for 4 days of ski touring from the yurt and [...]

The Crew: Our first official Self-Guided group: Friends of friends from France, one of whom, Nico, skied with us here in Kyrgyzstan last winter not long after the yurt site was first established. Nico contacted me back in the summer to say there wasn’t any other way they would rather start the New Year than [...]

It’s difficult to describe what exactly is happening over here – What we’re pulling off, where we’re doing it, who’s involved, what culture surrounds us, what our daily sights, experiences and interactions are like, what we’re getting up to in them thar hills. Pictures should help: Photo Gallery 2011-12

If geeking out on avy bulletins and detailed weather forecasts is your thing, be prepared to be underwhelmed when you land in Kyrgyzstan! There are obvious downfalls to the lack of information, but it does force you to make decisions based strictly on personal observations, and that’s better than relying 100% on any forecast. Below [...]