Not far from Pik Pobeda rises Khan Tengri(6995m), "Lord of the sky", a gigantic pyramid, first climbed in 1936. Both of these summits are very popular with Russian and now Western climbers.

Khan Tengri offers about 18 routes to its summit, including new ones up the formidable N face from the North Inylchek glacier. Some of then were complited in 1974, 1987, 1993 when the teams were awarded first prizes in the Russian High Altitude Class Championatships. The second one took a place on 16-19 August 1993. The route length was 19 km with an altitude gain of 3500m. 10 out of 18 participants reached the summit. The winner with a record time of 10 hours and 8 minutes was mountain guid Alex Lowe (USA).

North wall of Khan Tengri

The most difficult routes from technical point of view are on the northern face, rising up for 2,000m. They are opened in 1974 by E.Myslovskiy and B. Studenin.

Last time the speed climbing championships conducted on the Khan Tengri region. These competitions are organized by Kyrgyzstan mountain federation.

The eastern face was first climbed only in 1988.

The climb up to Khan Tengri is difficult indeed because of exterem conditions: the frequent bad weather, the hurricane-like winds and extremely low temperature.

The ascent up the normal route takes about 12 days.

The northern rib on the side of Northern Engylchek - Marble rib is well known along a series of marble chimneys from 6 000 m to 7 000 m altitude.

The most sutable time of year to climb Pik Pobeda and Khan Tengri is between 10 July and 20 August. An average commercial tour would last 30 days but could be shorter if climbers were to arrive fit and acclimatised. For climbers who wish to climb both peaks, 40 days would be a realistic time scale. It is also possible to trek the region, for instance to the largest glacier of the Central Tien Shan. Such a trek would probably lasts for about 17 days.