Climbing Mountains with Guide

Caucasus. Climbing Ushba with Guide.

Season: June - September

	Climbing North Ushba Ushba - Mountaineering Legend, the most attractive mountain of Caucasus. Advanced level. World wide famous mountain with very long and dramatic climbing history. The most beautiful and majestic mountain of Caucasus. Climbing skills are required.
	Climbing South Ushba. Ushba - Mountaineering Legend, the most attractive mountain of Caucasus. Advanced level World wide famous mountain with very long and dramatic climbing history. The most beautiful and majestic mountain of Caucasus. Climbing skills are required.

Ushba - the most beautiful, challenging mountain of Caucasus, the Queen, which is proudly reigning above of all the Main Caucasian Mountain Range. More than one hundred years history of climbing of this mountain has many heroic and dramatic episodes. All the history of the Russian and world mountain climbing is deeply connected with this strange name - Ushba, the name, which even local people - Svanetians, who live at foot of it, can not explain clearly...

The most popular and easy North Ushba route (4a Russian Grade) was climbed by the Ushba Icefall from the North. Now this exceptionally beautiful route became outlawed - as Ushba is located in the South Spur of the Caucasian Mountain Range, climbing this mountain is trespassing the Russian border and violating the Law.... Severe form of marasmus if to be more precise. As the border in the unaccessible mountain zone is not marked and from Georgian side can be climbed by ED routes only... Normally climbing Ushba from Russia took 5-7 days.

All the South Ushba routes from South are much longer and more difficult, they require much more time and serious preparation, but on the other hand, attempting Ushba from the South makes it possible to undertake unique travel to Svanetia - forgotten mountain world, which until our days keeps the authentic atmosphere of the ancient time.
The most accessible South Ushba climbing route is Gabriel Khergiany route (5б Russian Grade), this climb takes not less than 12 days.

Photos
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, climbing Elbrus, season 2008
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, climbing Elbrus, November 2007
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, climbing Elbrus in June 2007
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, climbing Elbrus, Shkhara and Dykh Tau, Bezengi, June 2007
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, climbing Elbrus in July 2007
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, climbing Elbrus in June 2007
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, Photos from the Season 2006 (Shkhara from Bezengi)
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, Photos from the Season 2006 (Shkhara from Svanetia)
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, Photos from the Season 2005, climbing Elbrus, Ushba
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, Selected Photos, climbing Elbrus, Ushba
Mountain climbing in Caucasus, climbing South Ushba from Svanetia in 2002, photos

Stories
Climbing Elbrus, just feel it:) Story
Interview with Boris Tilov, the Chef of Elbrus rescue Service
The high mountain beach
Climbing Ushba from the North (Classic Route) Story
Climbing Ushba from Svanetia in 2002
Osetia, climbing Kazbek (Sergey Zabrodin)
Svanetia, Caucasus from the South (Vladimir Yanochkin)

Route descriptions
Caucasus, technical description of the West Elbrus route
Caucasus, technical description of the East Elbrus route
Caucasus, technical description of the North Ushba route
Caucasus, technical description of the South Ushba route