This triangle-shape mountain lake is set at 2,195 m in the Fan mountains of Tajikistan and accessible only by foot. With an area of 3.5 square kilometer, it is a gigantic lake surrounded by steep rocky slopes and hardly a tree. The area has been heavily logged and vegetation is on the low side. Fed with snow-melt from surrounding glaciers, the lake’s waters are pretty cold. Cross at your own risk. I swam it solo with no wetsuit and had no problem 13 years ago. Crossing one way took me about an hour. I warmed up on the other side and came back same way, stopped for a few minutes on a rock about 200 meters off shore. Beautiful landscape though, really incredible to be in the middle of this lake surrounded by tall and majestic peaks.
Place Categories: Lake Swims and Wild Swim.
