Mt Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe and although it can be fairly cold on summit day it is not a technical climb and is a good mountain to consider after Kilimanjaro. It is also possible to extend your trip to include a trip to the beautiful city of St Petersburg afterwards.
If you require more information about the trip give us a call and we can set up a slide presentation for you. Please feel free to contact us for more information on training and equipment. Mt Elbrus is 5472m high and so will have a similar physiological effect on the body as Kilimanjaro. It is however always covered in ice and snow and so will require the use of crampons and an ice axe.
Although the ascent will be assisted by cableways part of the way, summit day itself cannot be underestimated and the trip is rated as challenging.
Although the ascent will be assisted by cableways part of the way, summit day itself cannot be underestimated and the trip is rated as challenging.
The itinerary on a mountain like Mt Elbrus needs to be a little flexible in order to allow for adverse weather conditions. We build a number of extra days into the trip to allow for poor weather.
Day 1 - Arrive in Moscow and transfer to a hotel for the night. We have the evening to get to see some of the city.
Day 2 – Transfer to airport for flight to Mineralnye Vody. We are collected in Mineralnye Vody and transferred to the town of Terskol at the head of the Baksan Valley. We settle into a hotel here and this will become our base for acclimatisation before heading onto Mt Elbrus.
Day 3 – This is the first of our acclimatisation days and we ascend Mt Cheget (3410m / 11,188 ft), which will take us through the indigenous oak and beech forest at the base of the valley and then become progressively barren as we ascend, first by cable car and then on foot. We return to Terskol for the night
Day 4 – In order to become familiar with our crampons and ice axes we will spend the next 2 days in the Adyslu valley camping and climbing. In the morning we will be transferred to the beginning of the Adyslu valley where we will load up our backpacks with our climbing and camping equipment and walk for about 4 hours to the campsite.
Day 5 – We will get a very early start and head toward to permanent glaciers at the head of the valley. We will spend a number of hours on the glacier getting used to our ice equipment and technique. We will then back to the start of the valley and return to Terskol for the evening. We will spend the evening preparing our equipment for Mt Elbrus.
Day 6 - We head to the cableway and ascend to Garabashi station at 3800m. We head a short way up the mountain from the cable way before setting up camp. In the afternoon we will walk to the “Pruit 11” Ruins (4200m) for acclimatisation. We head back to the tents for the evening.
Day 7 - We hike up to 4300m and set up camp. We then continue to Pastukhov Rocks (4700m) in the afternoon for acclimatisation. We return to 4300m and sleep in tents. We have excellent views from here as we are now getting to see the full extent of the Caucasus range, good photographic potential.
Day 8 – Should the weather be fine we will ascend back up past the Pastukhov rocks and to the Western summit of Elbrus at 5642m. We will return to the camp at 4300m for the night. The day will be a long day of about 12 hours depending on the speed of the group and the weather conditions.
Day 9 - Contingency day for bad weather
Day 10 - Return to hotel and enjoy a well deserved meal and shower.
Day 11 - Fly from Mineralnye Vody to Moscow. Night in hotel.
Day 12 - Time for some touring in Moscow or an excursion to St Petersburg before departure.
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