Khan Tengri is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful peaks in the world. Shaped like a kids drawing of a mountain its summit and sharp ridges form an almost perfect pyramid covered in snow and ice. During sunset the main summit often glows deep red due to the mountain consisting largely of marble rock.
Khan Tengri’s name means “Ruler of the Skies” in Turkic as the mountain was worshipped as a god in in the indigenous shamanistic culture.
The mountain is located on the Kyrgyz-Kazah border and 7km west of the China border in the remote heart of the Central Tian Shan.