Mountain Delone Peak (4 260 m / 13 976 ft)

Delone Peak - one of the few interesting climbing objects of Altai. In addition to classic there are 6 routes, most of which are touch and dangerous. Interesting route to Eastern Belukha can be laid across the top of Delaunay - traverse, with descent in the standard route. Climbing Peak Delaunay may be interesting to those climbers whose experience allows not limited themselves by the standard rout to Belukha, but also to try something more technically challenging.

Peak Delaunay is not as popular as his neighbour - famous mountain Belukha. Most of expeditions are interesting in Belukha in first place. Classic route on Peak Delaunay is little harder than the classical route Belukha East Summit. Altai weather is unstable and unpredictable, and sometimes even an easy routes become unclimbable because of snow and high winds. Though the Altai is lower in elevation than other Asian mountain systems, it is very remote, and much time and planning are required for its approach.

Located close to Belukha mountain, near the border of Russia and Kazakhstan, just north of the point where these two borders meet those of China and Mongolia.

From Barnaul, by minibus or taxi 800 km (400 km bad mud road) to the settlement Tungur. From here the tracking route starts – via Kuzuyak pass (1 513 м).

A special permit is required in Russia - Kazakhstan border zone. Russian citizens should apply for the permit one months before the expedition; foreigners should apply in two month.

The peak was named due to a famous Soviet mathematician and mountaineer B.N. Delaunay.

 

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