Ski slopes of Mount Elbrus
 Elbrus |
 snowboarder on Elbrus |
 slopes of Mount Elbrus |
 Elbrus Mir-Krugozor |
 Elbrus Krugozor-Azau |
 Elbrus Mir-Krugozor |
 Elbrus glade Azau |
Mt. Elbrus represents two summits of the extinct volcano - the Eastern by an altitude of 5621 m. above sea level, the Western-5642 m. above sea level.The main composition of the rocks - gneiss, granite, diabase tuffs and volcanic origin. It is located on the Bokovoy Ridge and joins the Main Caucasian Ridge by Hotutau Pass.
The surface of the height of 3500 m is mostly covered by
glaciers (of 77), whose area 144.5 sq.km. On the free surface of the glaciers - moraines.
Most of the slopes - are flat, but the height of 4000 m average slope reaches - 35 degrees. On the western and northern slopes there are steep rocky sections to a height of 700 m. The glaciers are cut up with the cracks and in the bottom they end with the icefalls. There are a lot of cracks, vertical rocky-ice segments, and icefalls on the northern and western slopes. Below 3500 m rock stone debris and often in the summer, covered with melting snow fields.
 Elbrus - Gara-Bashi |
 Elbrus snowcat |
 Elbrus snowcat |
 Elbrus Krugozor-Azau |
 Elbrus skier |
 Elbrus Azau |
