Peak Djigit - height 5170 meters.
It is located in the main watershed ridge of the Terskey Alatau to the east of the peaks Karakol, Slonenok, Festivalnaya, in the Oguz Bashi massif on the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul.
At the confluence of the sources of Kultan, a magnificent panorama of the Terskey Alatau opens up.
From here, the Djigit peak, the snowy summits of Briganitina and Albatross, the rocky corridor of the Karakol Pass, and the Eastern Kultan glacier can be seen.
Between Albatross and Briganitina lies a peak with dark reddish spots called Krugozor (height 4200 m) and the snow-covered peak of Hristo Botev (4300 m).
The end of the Western Kultan glacier, which flows down from the slopes of Peak Djigit, has a small grotto. Its width is 12 m, and its height is 7 m. Inside the grotto, a greenish twilight reigns.
In the very lower part (600-700 m), the Western Kultan glacier is covered with a moraine shell.
A little higher, there are icy rock fragments that form unusual glacial mushrooms. Small stones that have fallen deep into the ice create many water-filled ice cups. The glacier approaches the foot of Peak Djigit (about 3500 m) after 4 km. At this point, the eastern and western parts of the glacier merge.
The majestic Peak Djigit is the third highest peak of Terskey (5130 m), alongside the Jetty-Oguz wall and Peak Karakol. From the northern side, the cliffs of Peak Djigit are very steep. Climbers descend from this wall only during small glaciers, which are broken into icefalls. The remarkable play of light and shadow is reflected on these icefalls. The edges of the icefalls glow even when in shadow.
There are many challenging routes to the summit, ranging from category 4A (via the Epura Pass) to category 6B (up the one-and-a-half-kilometer northern wall "head-on").
