We invite skiers and devotees of winter holidays to the slopes of Krasnaya Polyana. In the 2011-2012 season, skiers wait three Olympic objects - complexes of Rose Farm, Mountain Carousel and Gazprom. ...
Elbrus area is open for all tourists officially. National Anti-terrorism Committee of Russia canceled the regime of counter-terrorism operations from 18.00 of 05 November 2011 on all territory of Elbr...
Elbrus south classical route is still closed. Though some militaries left the Baksan valley there are still 3 check points left in Elbrus area. They are not very strict now and some tourists could go ...
INTRODUCTION
The Caucasus is a vast mountain area consisting of many ranges. It stretches for 1,500 kilometers from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. The conventional boundary dividing Europe from Asia apportions the whole of the Caucasus to the European continent.
Among the mountain ranges practically parallel to one another, the principal one, the axis of the whole Caucasus is the Main Range whose highest peaks reach over 5000 meters. These are: Dykh-Tau, Koshtan-Tau, Shkara and other giants. To the north of the Main Range and in the same direction runs the Bokovoi Range. In the latter (at a distance of 10-15 kilometers from the Main) towers the two headed volcano Elbrus. Its western cone is 5,642 meters-the summit of the Caucasus. Mountains, romance, fancy - those are notions, which are very close to each other. Those who don't know it will not understand the people who come from faraway places only to stroll in the mountains, to climb the mountain tops sharpened by the wind or ski down at a terrifying speed on the verge of a precipice.
Love for mountains is a noble disease. It is delighting when risking your life, clinging to every jut, you get to the top and proudly look around at the panorama lying underneath and recollect Pushkin's poetry:
The Caucasus is under. And I am above it.
I dominate snow and glaciers and streams:
The browsing eagle, my equal he seems,
Floats motionless round the summit.
From here I watch the beginning of flows
The first avalanche and the slide of the snows.
The cloud moves peacefully, heavy with rain;
The waterfalls cut them, quick in their flight;
And rocks outstretched their powerful might;
Despising the moth and the bush of the plain...
A. S. Pushkin.
"Caucasus" - 1829 year
And it is a great view! Every gorge is unique. The Baksan canyon leads to the Elbrus, the Mountain of Happiness, which is the summit of Europe. At the foot of the Elbrus there are not only tourist centers and alpine camps but also health resorts. The air in the mountains is better than any medication. This area boasts of numerous mineral springs, which vary in composition and temperature, being hot or cold, iodine or sulphurous. They spring from under the ground to bring health to local residents and tourists.
Beautiful as the mountains may be, there is not only the beauty but also a danger of snow slides and avalanches, and a very severe climate. That is why the people who reside here are hardened by life and are always ready to help. And if you come here, warm recollections of the wild natural beauty will not out - do the sweet memories of reliable friends.
nalchik.ru/webcam/krugozor
webcam on second lift on Elbrus
2011-11-22 10:01:17
Lyana
www.nalchik.ru/webcam/azau Here is Azau glade online. Its one working yet. Others will also work soon.
2011-11-19 19:58:04
Неизвестный
Hi Lyana. Last year you had a link to some webcam, have they been dismounted??
2011-09-04 14:27:52
manuel
I am interested in climbing Mount Elbrus in August 2011 and would like to contact people who have climbed Mount Elbrus to tell me about your experience, and people intending to climb it for next year, thanks (leunam1310@hotmail.com)
2010-06-21 13:20:49
Angel del Pozo
Hi there, I am goint to the hotel on 6 or 7 july. And I need for my visa in Spain one letter from you with an invitation. It is really urgent
