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Shymbulak (Chimbulak) is Almaty's premier ski resort, sitting between 2,260 and 3,163 metres in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains. A modern gondola connects it to the Medeu skating rink below, offering year-round mountain access.
Originally developed in the 1950s as a Soviet training base, the resort was modernised for the 2011 Asian Winter Games with a high-speed gondola and snowmaking infrastructure. Almaty's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics was centred here.