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| [KOLA | KARELIA |KHAN-TENGRI | COMMUNISM PEAK | ALTAI | ELBRUS |KLIUTCHEVSKAYA SOPKA ] |
Traveling along Caucasus and ascent to mt. Elbrus (5642m/5621m)
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ELBRUS The Caucasian ridge stretches for 1200 km from East to West, from the Black sea to the Caspian. Its width reaches 180 km. The chain separates Russia from the Caucasian region.The Greater Caucasus is traditionally divided into three regions: West Caucasus, Central and East Caucasus. The borders of these territories go along meridians that cross mt. Elbrus (5642 m) in the West and Kazbek (5033 m). It is between these two giants that the major part of the most beautiful mountains lies. The central valley along which flows the river Baksan has many side valleys, leading to the most famous and beautiful peaks of the Caucasus, such as Donguz-Orun (4492), magnificent ridges of Shkhelda (4300m), Tchatyn (4368) with the well-known "rhomb", the legendary Ushba (4710m) and of course mt. Elbrus (5642m), the highest summit of the Caucasus.
It is easy to reach mt.
Elbrus region from Mineralnie Vody airport, which is connected
by a network of roads with valleys on the northern slopes of the
Caucasus.
Mt.Elbrus, a two-peaked ice giant, crowns the panorama of Central
Caucasus. It is at least 1000m higher than its neighbors. Its
two peaks have two volcano craters, which make the Eastern peak
a little lower than the other (5642 and 5621m).The Eastern peak
still has an enormous crater 250m in diameter. All the massif
is covered by a gigantic ice-cap. Therefore from Persian language
the name of the mountain is translated as “Snow Mountain”. Cabardin
and Balkan people, local folks of these lands, call it “Mountain
of Happiness”.
An ascent of mt.Elbrus along the normal route, that is the most
popular one in the Caucasus. It gives a possibility to reach a
great altitude by technically simple route. Nevertheless it requires
full acclimatization.
The following plot includes mountain trek for enjoying mountain
ridges and valleys intended to acquire necessary acclimatization.
There is a possibility to change or cut down the suggested program
of acclimatization, but taking into consideration the specific
climate of the region, we find it necessary to spend certain time
on the place.
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| Day 1 | Flight with KMV from Munich to Min Vody, arrival 5 p.m. transfer to Baksan Valley, Volfram hotel | ||
| Day 2 | Cheget chair-lift, ski climb & descent along the south slopes of Cheget to the foot of Dongouz-orun . Hotel | ||
| Day 3 | Azau cabin-lift, ski climb & descent along the slopes of Elbrus. Hotel | ||
| Day 4 | Go to Barrels Refuge. Barrels | ||
| Day 5 | Acclimatisation to Pastukov rocks. Barrels | ||
| Day 6 | Summit day. Barrels | ||
| Day 7 | Descent and drive to Piatigorsk, Intourist hotel | ||
| Day 8 | Bus to airport. Flight with KMV to Munich. | ||
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