Mappe topografiche Karachay-Cherkessia

As Elbrus is located in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer period takes place from June to mid-September, with an average of 50% of sunny days favorable to the ascent of the summit. However, the winds, dominated by westerly air masses, can turn violent and temperatures drop very quickly. Above 4000 meters…

Altitudine media: 5’161 m

Arkhyz (also Nizhny Arkhyz, Russian: Архыз; Karachay-Balkar: Ырхыз, Irxız lit. 'mudflows') is a village in the valley of the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River, in the Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia, Greater Caucasus, Russia, about 70 km inland from the Black Sea shore. The modern village was founded in…

Altitudine media: 1’809 m

Altitudine media: 2’368 m

Altitudine media: 2’832 m

Altitudine media: 2’345 m

Altitudine media: 5’130 m

Altitudine media: 1’632 m