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Created: Anastasia Pivnyuk
Last update: 19 Mar 2018
Elbrus Climb from the South, 7-day Schedule
| Activity type: | Mountaineering |
| Activity level: | Moderate/ Challenging |
| Availability: |
13 Sep 2020 - 19 Sep 2020 |
| Duration: | 7 Day(s) / Tour with fixed start dates |
| Price: | from $853 |
Full description
Climbing Mount Elbrus from the South technically is not so challenging. But this seeming simplicity bears great danger of getting into terrible trouble if the weather gets bad when venturing an unguided climb.
Our representative will meet you at Mineralnye Vody airport and will take you to hotel. The next three days you will spend taking quick and easy acclimatizing hikes to the observatory, from which in good weather you can enjoy marvelous views of Elbrus, Nakra, Donguz-Orun and many other mountains of the area.
During the acclimatization period the group will make two other climbs – to an elevation of 4050m (to the former Priyut 11) and to 4700m – to Pastukhov’s Rocks.
Summiting Elbrus – that will take 9 to 12 hours including descent – is planned for the fifth or sixth day of the expedition.
Price includes
- Mountain guides: one leading guide for the program of Elbrus climb and several assistants for the day of summiting, with a strict proportion of 1 guide per three climbers. This means that if there are four clients in a group, there will be two guides for them. We have no limitation of attempts for the group to summit. However, if part of the group made it to the summit while some members failed to, summiting is considered successful, and any additional attempts are made for additional payment.
- Services of a cook.
- Hotel with accommodation in double and triple rooms. Duration of stay depends on the schedule.
- Accommodation in huts. Duration of stay depends on the schedule of Elbrus climb.
- All transfers mentioned in the itinerary (including lifts) – from and to airport / station.
- Meals three times a day throughout the trip. Dinner on the first day, breakfast – on the last.
- All required permits and registrations.
- Equipment for the group (ropes, ice screws, radios, first aid set, satellite navigators/GPS).
Not included in price
- Snowcat on summiting day.
- Single accommodation.
- Personal equipment.
- Any deviations to the original schedule.
Guide
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2001-2015 – 156 ascents (about 120 of them as a leader) to Elbrus with clients. Participated in Tequila-Jazz group concert on Elbrus.
2003, January – Free Spain, Osipova, 4b
2004 – Khan-Tengri peak (7010m), Lenin Peak (7135m)
2005, January – Ullutau, Burlutskiy, 5b2006. – Organizer and guide of the expedition to Lenin Peak (7135m), Kyrgyzstan
2007 – Participant of sports expedition to Broad-peak (up to 7900m.) and K-2 (up to 8000m.), participation in rescue operations on K2. Organizer and guide of the expedition to Lenin Peak (7135m), Kyrgyzstan
2008 – Organizer and guide of the expedition to Lenin Peak (7135m), Kyrgyzstan
2009 – Organizer and tour guide to McKinley (6193m), Alaska
2011 – Organizer and tour guide to McKinley (6193m), Alaska
Organizer and guide of the expedition to Chimborazso (6300m) and Cotopaxi (5900m), Ecuador
Guide of Indonesian disabled person, who was the first one to reach the summit of Elbrus (from the North) without the help of technical means
2012 – Organizer and guide of the expedition to Aconcagua (6957m), Argentina
Organizer and guide of the expedition to Lenin Peak (7135m), Kyrgyzstan
2013 – Kilimanjaro.
2014 – Ascent to Elbrus with ATVs, the certificate of the book of records of Russia is received, the height of 5250m is reached.
Ascent to Elbrus from the South with a person with disabilities (without prostheses).
2015 – Climbing Elbrus with a 10-year-old boy, Ararat, Kazbek, attempt to climb the Ojos Del Salado.
2016 – Successful expedition to lift the ATV to the top of Elbrus.
2017 – participant of Manaslu(8163m) expedition, Mustagh-Ata (7546m)< Lenin peak (7135m).
Location
Russia, Terskol, Kabardino-Balkaria, Elbrussky District
Day 1
Landing at Mineralnye Vody airport – preferably before 3 PM. Taking a 200km /3-hour ride to mountain hotel, situated in the beginning of the 100km Baksan valley, almost on the slope of Mt. Elbrus. Meeting and having dinner with the guide.
Day 2
Acclimatization hike to Maid’s Braids waterfall (at 3000m) and further on, to the observatory (at 3500m).
Day 3
Taking a lift to the refuge and setting up there. After a snack, making an acclimatization hike to an elevation of 4550m, to the lower part of Pastukhov’s Rocks.
Day 4
Rest day. Final preparations for summiting Elbrus.
Day 5
Ascent to the mount Elbrus (5642m), with an early start (at 2–4 AM) and possible use of a Snowcat. The proportion of guides and clients is strictly 1:3.
Day 6
Reserve day. Descent to the hotel.
Day 7
Reserve day. Trekking to Narzan Valley or Terskol gorge.
Day 8
Transfer to the airport at 7 AM (plan your flight with this in mind!). Probably there will be some time for a walk in Pyatigorsk after you reach the airport and leave your luggage there. On your own, you can visit also the well-known Russian poet Lermontov’s duel site.
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Last update: Sergey Baranov
(31 Jan 2020)