8-days standard tour
Ski tour & ascent of mt Elbrus
Western (5642 m.) from South.
Only for fixed groups.
Day-by-day tour program.
- Day 1. Meeting with our representative at the airport of Mineralnye Vody. Transfer to Prielbrusye. Accommodation in hotel "Vershina" or “Scheherazade” hotels.
- Day 2. Transfer to Cheget glade. Acclimatization ski tour on the slope mt Cheget. Duration of journey depends on physical condition of group members and weather conditions, usually it takes 5-6 hours. With good snow covering we recommend rise on skis from the lower station. Additionally you can buy tickets for the cable lift by yourself. Return to hotel.
- Day 3. Transfer to Adyl-Su valley. Acclimatization ski tour in one of the routes in the valley:
- ski tour on the slope mt Andyrchi
- ski tour on the slope mt Kurmychi
The decision about route is making in conference with guide. Return to hotel.
- Day 4. Hike up to station “Mir”, cable way lift up to “Gara-Bashi” station. Ski-rise up to "Diesel-Hut" (4050 m.). Accommodation in rooms for 5 persons. Acclimatization walk to the end of rocky chine (4400 m.)
*** because of unstable cable lift operating there is a possibility of walking by feet up to station “Mir”. The group may hire a snowcat for lifting up baggage of all members of the group.
- Day 5. Acclimatization ski tour to Pastukhov Rocks (4600-4750 m.). Descend and overnight stay at "Diesel-Hut".
- Day 6. Day of ascent. Early leaving – at 3 AM. Depending on route conditions it is pos-sible to rise on skis on different heights, since there is an open ice above and sometimes below of Pastukhov Rocks in Spring. In that case we move further without skis with cats and insurance down to use of fixed cords (handrail). For an additional payment it is possible to hire a snow-cat for rise under Pastukhov Rocks. In this case powers for an ascension are saved and it is possible to leave later - at 4 AM. Duration of ascent is from 10 hours (ascension and descent). The descend is possible till hotel. In this case we have to pay for one day accommodation in hotel.
- Day 7. Extra day in case of bad weather conditions. Accommodation in hut or descent to the hotel in case of successful climb in previous day.
- Day 8. Breakfast in the hotel, walking in the city, visiting town market. Transfer to the Minvody airport, departure to Moscow.
Dates of periods in 2012:
Only for fixed groups. Any dates according to schedule of international flight to/from Moscow or to/from Mineralnye Vody.
The cost of a Tour:
Package cost: ˆ600 from the day of arrival to an airport till the day of departure from an airport of Mineralnye Vody.
Tour cost includes: 
- All tour transfers
- Accommodation in the hotels (4 nights)
- Accommodation in "Diesel-Hut" (3 nights)
- Breakfasts, suppers + lunch-packages when out.
- Hiring of public equipment and kitchen equipment.
- Service of professional ski-guide.
- Payment for cable lifting while climbing to refugee.
- Full-pension while being in refugee + lunch-packages when out.
- Additional guides for climb (1 for each 3-4 people)
- Service of cook on the refugee
- Permit for climb (being in National Park) – 20$
- Registration in Prielbrusye region for foreign citizenships.
Tour cost doesn’t include:
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Flight Moscow – Minvody and Minvody – Moscow.
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Dinners in hotels
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Hire of personal alpinism equipment
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Cable chair lift to Mt Cheget.
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Snow-cat hiring for climb to refugee and Pastukhov rocks.
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Additional excursions
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Tips for staff
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Additional payment for single room
Required documents:
Passport, medical insurance, voucher.
Transport
Minibus “Gazel” or similar on the route Minvody – Terscol – Pyatigorsk – Minvody, “Gazel” or “UAZ” (in case of roads bad condition) in Prielbrusye.
Accommodation
Hotels “Vershina” and “Scheherazade” are situated on the glade Azau not far from the cable-way. “Vershina” is a new double-level wood building in Russian style (felling), with 17 rooms, with toilet and shower in each, satellite TV. You can relax and socialize with your friends in a bar with a fireplace. “Scheherazade” looks kike a mini-hotel of European level.
Food
Hotels have their own bars-cafes with dishes of national and European cookery. Lunch-packs are pre-pared by guides and cook. Nutrition on the shelter is organized on the shelter’s kitchen. First and sec-ond courses, salads are served every day. There’s always hot tea and crackers on tables.
Serving
You’ll be served by qualified guide and reserve guide (for ascend period if number of group is more than 4 persons), cook on the shelter.
Medical care and security
Expeditions are equipped with medicine chest and first-aid outfit. If You require individual medicines, you have to take it by yourself and warn your guide about Your organism specifications.
Before starting a tour the group is registering in the Elbrus branch of MHS of Russia. During all route the guide always has connection with rescuers. For communicating inside the group we use radio stations “walkie-talkie”.
For orienting in bad weather conditions every group is equipped with GPS-navigators.
You can leave hear your responses or remarks. Thahks.
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