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Elbrus Traverse from South to North (10 days)
Climbing Elbrus via its North side gives you a good impression of the beautiful and wild nature of the Caucasian mountains. Until today there is almost no touristic infrastructure, and your climb will be a real adventure.
On the South-North traverse we will ascend via the normal route from the South, which offers accomodation in comfortable hotels and basic mountaineering camps. It is possible to use lifts up to the camp and a snow cat to get to Pastukhov Rocks (4600 m) on summit day.
Best time: mid May - Mid September
Dates 2020:
May
16.-25.05.2020
23.-1.06.2020
June
30.05.-8.06.2020
6.-15.06.2020
13.-22.06.2020
20.-29.06.2020
July
27.06.-6.07.2020
4.-13.07.2020
11.-20.07.2020
18.-27.07.2020
25.07.-3.08.2020
August
1.-10.08.2020
8.-17.08.2020
15.-24.08.2020
22.-31.08.2020
September
29.08.-7.09.2020
5.09.-14.09.2020
Price:
from EUR 1200
See our equipment list for this program.
| Day | Program breakdown | |
| 1 | Travel to Mineralnye Vody and Azau | After your arrival in Mineralnye Vody, we will meet you at the airport and transfer you to Azau. The ride takes approximately 3-4 hours. You will stay overnight in our hotel in the valley at 2400 m. |
| 2 | Acclimatization hike to Peak Terskol | Today we will take a local transfer to Terskol village at 2100 m. From here we will hike up to Peak Terskol 3400 m, where we will rest for some hour and take lunch. After coming down, we will go back to our hotel, where you will stay overnight again. |
| 3 | Hike to Prijut Hut | After breakfast, we leave the hotel for a few days and take a lift ride up to 3700 m. Here is our small, comfortable mountaineering camp. After having had some lunch, we take a walk to Prijut-11 hut (Diesel hut) at 4100 m. Overnight in the camp. |
| 4 | Acclimatization hike to Pastukhov Rocks | After an early breakfast, we leave our camp at around 6 a.m. for an acclimatization hike up to Pastukhov Rocks (4600 m). After coming back down to the camp, we will have lunch, then rest until dinner. |
| 5 | Rest day | Today we will provide you some technical training: use of crampons, ice-axe, self-arrest, rope techniques. In the afternoon you will have time to relax, which will give you power for an extra push on summit day. We will have an early dinner, as we will have to get up early for the summit. Overnight at the camp at 3700 m. |
| 6 | Summit day and descent to the North side | On a normal summit day, we will have breakfast at 1 a.m. and leave at 2 a.m. It is possible to take the snowcat up to Pastukhov Rocks which makes the ascent 3-4 hours shorter (1000 vertical meters). This is an extra service, which can be booked in advance or on spot. Time to the saddle 6-8 hours, here we deposit our back packs, and continue our climb up to the West summit of Elbrus (5642 m), which will take us another 1-2 hours. After returning back to the saddle, we take our bags and descend along the Lenz Rocks to the North camp at 3700 m. It will take us about 4-5 hours to get there. Overnight in camp at 3700 m (in tents or simple huts). |
| 7 | Reserve day or descent to Dzhylysu | This day may serve us as a reserve day, in case we could not climb the summit due to bad weather yesterday. If we follow the normal schedule, we will descend to the mineral springs at Dzhylysu, where we can take a bath and drink some of the natural sparkling volcanic water. Overnight in tents or simple huts in camp at 2600 m. |
| 8 | Drive to Pyatigorsk | Around noon, our driver will pick us up at the end of the road near the mineral water springs and bring us to our hotel in Pyatigorsk, where we will stay overnight in our hotel. |
| 9 | Sightseeing in Pyatigorsk | After breakfast, we have the whole day for exploring this charming small spa town. In the historical center, near our hotel, you find lots of little old houses from zar times. There is a big Lenin statue right near the hotel as well. And a visit to an old monastery near Mt. Beshtau gives you great insides into orthodox philosophy. All in all, here you can see Russia cross the centuries, and you feel like walking in a museum. There a lots of nice little cafes and restaurants where you can chill-out in the evening. |
| 10 | Departure to Mineralnye Vody | In the morning, our driver will bring you to the airport in Mineralnye Vody for your flight back home. |
11 August 2009