Mount Elbrus Ski Touring, South Side

Arrival at the Mineralnye Vody airport. Our guide or program manager meets your group at the airport. We take a transfer to the Elbrus valley in a comfortable car or bus (4 hours). We arrive to Cheget village, check-in at ZhaNtaMal hotel 3\* (or similar). After lunch we will do the equipment check. All the missing items can (should) be rented.You meet your guide, then have lunch and dinner in one of the restaurants, Caucasian cuisine

You have breakfast in your hotel. Then we take acclimatization ski tour to Cheget. From Cheget you can enjoy a beautiful view on Elbrus. Descent down to the Cheget glade. Lunch and dinner in cafe.

You have breakfast in your hotel. Then we take acclimatization ski tour to the Observatory in Terskol valley. Descent. Lunch at the restaurant. After lunch you should start preparing everything for the ascent to Elbrus slopes. Dinner in cafe.

Departure from the hotel to Azau glade. You can leave your spare luggage in the hotel.We will ascent to the station “Gara-Bashi” (3800 m.) in gondola cable car, then check-in at the shelter, and take an acclimatization trek to “Priut 11” (4100 m, 2 hours), or to the end of the Ridge (4400 m, 4 hours). There we will have some basic mountaineering training.Dinner and overnight in shelter.

Early wake up. Today we will take the familiar route to the Ridge of Rocks, and then climb to the Pastukhov rocks (4700 m.). The turning point will depend on your mood, physical state and weather conditions. After that we descent to the Azau glade. Dinner at the café and hotel overnight.

Late breakfast. Ascent to the Shelter in gondola cable car. We have lunch in the shelter and prepare for the Elbrus ascent. Shelter overnight.

Early breakfast. You can use Snow cat service to ascent up to 4300, 4800 or 5000m. Anyway you will follow the classic path through the Saddle. We will see the stunning scenery of the Caucasus Mountains at dawn. From the top of Elbrus, you will see a breathtaking panorama of the Main Caucasus Mountain Range and even Black sea. Descent from the top.If the group manages get to the shelter by 1PM, then it is possible to descend to Cheget village on the same day (the cable car works approximately until 3PM). If the group gets down to shelter later than 1.30PM, you will stay for dinner and overnight in the shelter.

The reserve day can be used to adjust plans due to weather conditions.1. Reserve day for climbing/2. If the group did not have time to descent on a Summit day and had another night in Shelter, – today we will have breakfast, then descent to Azau and transfer to the hotel.Free time in the afternoon. In the evening we will have celebration dinner.Hotel overnight.

You have breakfast in your hotel. Departure to the airport. The transfer will depart at 10.30AM. We expect you to arrive to Mineralnye Vody airport around 1.30PM.