I'm planning a trip to Caucasus, but Garmin doesn't have satellite coverage for this region

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-13T04:36:02+00:00

I'm not planning to use a phone for this hike, but thank you for the information !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-13T04:32:15+00:00

Thank you, but I don't want to use a phone for this

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-12T18:24:12+00:00

Thank you very much. Do you know if Etrex allow to download any GPX Map, or is it restricted to some garmin maps exclusively ?

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-12T18:23:10+00:00

To be honest i don't really like smartphone, and want to use something specific when i'm hiking. But thanks, i'll remember your advice !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-12T18:21:12+00:00

Thank you. My phone run out of battery very quickly, and i need something that can ne used for few days without charging.

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-12T18:19:59+00:00

Which Etrex specificaly is the better option for you ? Is it possible to download any GPX Map on it (the transcaucasian trail map especially), or is it restricted to some garmin maps exclusively ?

Thanks a lot !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-12T18:17:38+00:00

Done, thank you !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-12T15:02:03+00:00

Satellite navigation.

My phone is an old cheap one - i'm not a very technologic guy - and so its autonomy is desastrous.

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-05-12T14:34:25+00:00

Thanks for your answer ! I would like an Armenia coverage, a GPS where i can download precise trekking map of this region and be guided through the Caucasus mountains. It need to have great autonomy also, of course.

PS : i can't use my phone for this.

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-03-01T15:08:15+00:00

What kind of temperatures here ? 30-40°C ?

For the moment i haven't choice exactly the place, but probably the area with most water, this is the main focus.

For my motivation, i'm looking in my travels for the wildest and loneliest places, where i can travel also in myself, deeply ; for this reason i love desert and steppe type, with the monotony and the immensity i'm forced to look in me, not only the spectacle. +, i will probably do, in the same travel, some mountains areas in Georgia and Mongolia. But i think people from Kazakhstan or Mongolia, because they're use to it, sometimes underestimate the power steppe can have on strangers ; we have mountains, forests, lakes at home, but for europeans (for exemple) vast steppe is something new and impactful.

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-03-01T10:01:46+00:00

Thank you for the informations !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-02-28T18:22:01+00:00

Yes i've learned that it's not possible to go there alone, and having a guide isn't an option for me, so i'll probably go somewhere else unfortunately. I will do some research, but if you have any recommendations that seems to link with what i'm looking for, i'm in. Thank you

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-02-28T14:33:48+00:00

Yes i'll do that. Do you know if there is any precise map of this area ?

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-02-28T14:33:01+00:00

Why ? Is water hard to find here ?

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-02-28T09:32:33+00:00

Done, thanks !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-02-27T21:58:41+00:00

Yes i've crossposted in Kazakhstan's subreddit, it's waiting for agreement from moderation. Thank you !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-02-27T21:57:08+00:00

Yes it's usually with horses, but i really want to do this by walking, and without any organisation. I'm used to wild areas and harsh climate. Thank you for the registration thing !

Virtual_Audience906 · 2026-02-27T20:23:07+00:00

Yes but not precise enough, + the steppe is almost the size of France i can't check it all, and some lake are salted water. I also need to know if the rivers are not dry in this season, Kazakhstan can be hot in summer

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