Climbing Fisht. Trekking "Thirty" with climbing Fisht. What is included in the price

the best season for climbing Fisht

Climbing Fisht from the Fishtinsky shelter along the classic route 1B *, depending on the level of training, weather and terrain conditions, takes from 6 to 12 hours and consists of five sections:

Section 1. Leaving the Fisht shelter (point "1" on the diagram), you need to cross the bridge over the Belaya River, and along its left (orograph.) Bank, move north along the excellent path towards the Fisht-Oshtenovsky Pass. After 1.2 km after the shelter, the trail passes to the right bank (a shallow ford over pebbles) and begins to climb towards the Fisht-Oshtenovsky pass. At an altitude of 1800 meters, turn off the path leading to Fisht-Oshtenovsky Pass (point 2) and turn left, towards the couloir to the left of the Red Rocks. Actually, this section is only an approach to the route, the ascent to Fisht itself begins from this point.

Section 2. Climbing under the Red Rocks to the saddle Pshekha-Su - Fisht (point 3). One of the two most difficult sections of the route. On a short stretch of less than 1 km, you need to gain more than 400 meters of altitude. The movement passes through the grass, small stones. Especially carefully you need to go through this section on the descent, when the accumulated fatigue and possible bad weather makes itself felt.

Section 3. At an altitude of about 2200 meters, the trail comes to a wide plateau-like saddle between the peaks of Fisht and Pshekha-Su. Further 1.5 kilometers of the route to the beginning of the glacier at an altitude of about 2500 meters (point 4) pass along the gently rising slope of Mount Fisht with numerous sinkholes, cracks and proavles. In summer, the route is not difficult, in the off-season you should be extremely careful!.

Section 4. Key section. Movement along the glacier and ascent along the destroyed rocks to the western ridge (point 5). This is the most difficult section of the entire route. The main danger is cracks in the glacier. In the period from July to October, all the cracks are open, and it is not difficult to get around them. In the off-season, the cracks are covered with snow and the site is passed in bundles!

Section 5. Movement along the western ridge (destroyed, not steep cliffs) up to the summit (point 6). The main hazards in this area are strong winds, cold and the danger of lightning strikes during a thunderstorm. Be careful and do not go on the route in thunderstorm weather!

I can recommend an excellent report and description of the climbing route from Alexander Shirokolobov. It contains even more details along the route.

Approximate climb schedule

(for a group in good shape, with stops for rest and photography)

• rise - 4:00 am
• exit from the camp at the Fisht shelter - 5:30 am
• exit to the glacier - 10:00
• top Fisht - 11:30 - 12:30

Another vacation has come, and I'm going to the mountains again. As usual, the hardest part is choosing where to go. I want it everywhere and at once, but it will not work out that way. This time I decided to make a combined trip: first I go alone to the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve to Mount Fisht, and then I go hiking in North Ossetia with a group with "Mountain Roads". For a long time I wanted to go to Fisht, but there are no long routes there, 4-5 days maximum, and somehow I didn’t want to go just for the sake of such a short hike. At the same time, I did not want to go only on a hike in North Ossetia. Although Ossetia itself is very interesting to me, but besides this, I still wanted to get tired of the hike, and the route there is still quite simple. And as a result, the idea was born to combine two such routes into one trip, which I never regretted.

So, a mini-hike to Mount Fisht.

The main feature: the route passes through the territory of the reserve, and you need to follow the established rules, somehow stop for the night only at equipped parking lots, do not burn fires, do not walk in places that are not allowed tourist routes. For myself, I chose route No. 3 from the Lago-Naki checkpoint through the shelter at the foot of Mount Fisht to the village of Solokh-Aul. From the Fisht shelter, I also made a radial ascent to the top of the Fisht mountain, and also went to the Fisht-Oshtenovsky pass. In three and a half days I found 78 km, more than 3 km of climb and almost 5 km of drop.

Hiking track:

Transition: 19 km;

Total climb / drop height: 524 m / 714 m;

Yesterday it took all day to get to the village of Kamennomostsky (aka Khadzhokh) in Adygea. The village is already in the mountains. I stayed at the Melnitsa hostel. A good home hostel, cheap, well fed, and even for the same money settled in a single room instead of an armored bed in a dormitory. I agreed with the owners that the next morning they would take me to the Lago-Naki cordon. Unfortunately, public transport does not go there. They asked for 1500 rubles. In my opinion, a bit too much, but according to the information that I found on the Internet before the trip, taxi drivers took the same amount.

Drive about 30 km. On the way we stopped at the Ministry of Emergency Situations, where I registered my trip. I have never done this before, and even now, generally speaking, I did not intend to, but, they say, the administration of the reserve does not like it very much when single tourists do not register with rescuers. So for their (well, my own, of course) peace of mind, I did it. In the Ministry of Emergency Situations, however, they made a note to me that they do not recommend this route (this is written to all singles), but they registered it. It works like this: at the end of the trip, I should call back on the specified phone number. If I suddenly do not call back, then on the control date they themselves will start calling me. If I do not answer any of the phones (and they require two different ones), then the rescue team will come out to look for me. My trip according to the plan ended on the 18th, the control date was set on the 20th.

At the checkpoint "Lago-Naki" issued a pass to the reserve. I honestly told the employee the whole route, in particular, that I was going to climb Fisht. Before the trip, I did not understand whether the reserve allowed to go there, and decided to find out on the spot. But the guys didn’t care, they didn’t even reflect this moment in the pass. So tomorrow I'll try to climb to the top! The pleasure of walking around the reserve cost me 1,500 rubles, 300 rubles per day of stay. According to the plan of these days, I had 4, but I decided to pay for one as a spare.

I'm starting!

Left the cordon at 10:30. It went very easily, a small lift was not felt. By noon I reached the Abadzesh pass. On it, at the monument, I made a halt, rested for half an hour.

A thunderstorm began in the area of ​​​​the tract Instruktorskaya Shchel. It lasted an hour and a half or two with a heavy downpour, hail, hurricane winds and lightning right overhead. The places were open, and there was nothing to do but walk forward, staring at the path ahead. Many beautiful places remained unnoticed by me because of this thunderstorm. It stopped watering just before the Armenian Pass. Fisht was at the orphanage at half past three. I didn’t even have time to put up the tent, when it rained again, things got a little wet. Already ate dinner inside. I set the alarm clock for 5 in the morning, I'll try to go to Fisht.

On the Lago-Naki plateau. Mount Oshten in the center.

Mount Fisht from the Guzeripl pass.

Transition: 12 km;

Total climb / reset height: 1226 m / 1226 m;

Evening stop: 1581 m a.s.l. m.

I woke up at five, as planned. But... it was raining and thunder was rumbling. Decided to lie down to wait until the weather cleared up. The rain stopped around six, the sky seemed to be clearing, so I started preparing breakfast and getting ready. I left the camp at 7:30. He simply left the tent, along with all his belongings, hoping that there were no criminals there.

At the Fisht shelter. Mountains Pshekha-Su and Oshten and Fisht-Oshten pass. On the left, on the slope, the so-called "Red Rocks", it is under them that the route of climbing Fisht passes.

The standard route of climbing Fisht has been studied by me for a long time, long before I started planning this trip. First, along the path to the Fisht-Oshtensky pass, approach under the "Red Rocks" (it is impossible to confuse that it is, they stand out too much), then climb along them to the upper plateau, approach the Big Fishtinsky glacier, cross the glacier, then a rather steep section - exit to the western ridge and finally a simple transition along the ridge to the top. The whole path is well marked, and on the ascent along the Red Rocks, ropes are hung in especially steep places. The only area where the marking is weak is between the glacier and the Red Rocks. In some places, marking is not enough (from one tour you can’t see the next), and in some places, on the contrary, there are many randomly placed tours, because of which it is not clear where the main trail is. Apparently, due to insufficient marking, people began to wander there in different directions, and everyone considered it their duty to mark their path, and it only got worse.

Well, in order. The ascent along the Red Rocks is quite steep. There he overtook two tourists in motorcycle helmets instead of helmets. I also met them yesterday, overtook them in front of the Armenian pass. I didn’t see them again, so apparently they didn’t reach the top, but turned somewhere earlier. And it was because of what! At first the weather was good, the sun was shining. But soon, somewhere after the Red Rocks, the sky began to frown, a dense cloud fell on the mountain, visibility deteriorated greatly, a thunderstorm rumbled around. However, there was no rain at that moment, so I continued to climb with the thought that the weather in the mountains often changes and you can still see the sun will shine soon.

Red rocks.

Got out on the glacier. In the navigator, I had a path drawn along it, but in reality it was not. The footprints on the glacier almost do not hold, and after yesterday's thunderstorm, there is nothing left at all. As a result, he went his own way, trying to keep to the path drawn in the navigator. I don’t have cats, I walked in the same sneakers. However, the slope here is not very large, and below the glacier flattens out almost to the horizontal. There are also no dangerous cracks. The surface is quite loose, and it was quite normal to walk in sneakers. At least up. Down will probably be worse, we'll see later.

Big Fishtinsky glacier.

On the Big Fishtinsky glacier, view down.

Shortly after I climbed onto the glacier, the sky finally thinned out and heavy hail mixed with rain fell from the cloud sitting on the mountain. Well, in such weather it makes no sense to go to the top for sure. And it's not safe at the top in a thunderstorm. However, at that moment I was in the interesting place, in the middle of a glacier, where it is not very easy to stand, and there is nowhere to hide at all. I decided to go further to the place of ascent to the western ridge, and wait there and look at the changes in the weather. The trail goes across the entire glacier, taking it to the west, bypassing the bergschrundt in its upper part. At the end of the glacier, the precipitation ended as ordered, and although it was still cloudy, I decided to continue climbing. The path to the ridge is quite steep, but the markings are excellent. At the top of the ridge, I finally saw the peak and the blue sky: it's finally clearing up! Now it is already necessary to go upstairs, until it is covered again. The ridge is quite narrow, with sheer cliffs in both directions. However, it is safe to go, the main thing is not to approach the edge. Already at the top I caught up with two elderly tourists, at the top we are together. The ascent from the shelter took 4 hours.

At the point of ascent to the western ridge, view of the glacier.

On the western ridge. The top of Fisht is finally without clouds, hurry up there!

Unfortunately, there are almost no views, but I managed to take some pictures. The height of the top seems to be 2867, but the navigator did not intend to exceed 2790. I think because of bad weather... 20-30 minutes at the top and down. The mood after the summit is upbeat. On the ridge I met three guys. They took a burner with them to drink tea upstairs, but they forgot the lighter. I gave them mine. By the way, they later returned it to me, frozen and not working. And almost at the glacier I met another one of their company. He had been sitting on the stone for 30 minutes and did not move. He said that he was tired, did not calculate and did not take a snack with him. He asked me for some food. I gave him half the chocolate bar and the rest of the dried apricots. Subsequently, he learned that he did go to the top. Apparently, it helped :) The descent without crampons turned out to be even easier than the ascent. Well, it slides a lot, it’s very difficult to fight it, but it’s not so necessary either: since the slope is not very big, I just slid on my feet to the very bottom. Fast and efficient.

On the top!

Big Fishtinsky glacier from the top of Mount Fisht.

I returned in a different way, from the glacier to the Red Rocks I went along an alternative path to the west. It is also marked, but badly. In the end, everything ended with the fact that I just went in the right direction, choosing the path myself. In the same place, a thunderstorm began again and did not end until the evening. I left all my plans to climb Pshekha-Su and just started descending. It was necessary to do this very carefully in such weather, especially along the Red Rocks. The ropes were there in general by the way. I went down to the shelter at 14:40, almost completely soaked (only a membrane jacket works for five). There were 9 people at the top today. And in clear weather, there are probably crowds in general.

Climbing track:

Transition: 28 km;

Total climb / drop height: 1053 m / 2280 m;

Evening stop: 361 m above sea level m.

The plan is to run to the Fisht-Oshtensky pass in the morning, and after returning, break camp and go to Babuk-Aul. I didn’t set an alarm clock, because there should have been enough time in any case. As a result, he lay for a long time until it became terribly hot. The weather is great today. At least for now. I got out only at 9. The pass turned out to be not as close as it seemed, and the climb is rather big: you need to climb 650 meters from the shelter. And horizontally 4.5 km somewhere. Got up at 1:40. At the pass he sat down to rest. The weather was perfect and we didn't want to go anywhere. I ended up sitting there for 50 minutes.

The top of Mount Fisht from the ascent to the Fisht-Oshten pass.

View from the Fisht-Oshtensky pass to the Fisht shelter and the Belaya river valley.

Went down quickly. It's hot at the shelter, 35 degrees, no less. It does not have any activity at all, so the training camp was slow and sluggish. I left the shelter only at 13:15. Without rest I reached the Belorechensky pass. And then the weather once again decided to play a trick on me and out of nowhere gave birth to another thunderstorm on me. As expected, with lightning around and hail. Hailstones a centimeter in diameter, even the hood is pierced, open hands also suffer. I had already been on the road for an hour, and an hour of continuous climbing, and I felt an urgent need for a little rest. As a result, even despite the storm, almost reaching the saddle, he stopped. But I did not rest long, in a few minutes I was almost washed away by the river flowing from the saddle from water and hailstones. My backpack and I suddenly found ourselves ankle-deep in cold liquid, so we had to move on. As I was later told, there are cool views in the Belorechensky Pass area, there is where to walk and what to take pictures. But skipping all the most interesting is already a tradition of this hike. Well, there will be additional motivation to return :) I slowly reached the Circassian Pass, where local shepherds sell airan milk. Shortly thereafter, the rain stopped, the sun shone again and it became hot. Oh that weather!

Belorechensky pass. Bad weather again!

Before the "Merry Descent" I caught up with yesterday's acquaintances, with whom I was together at the top of Fisht. We sat and rested for about ten minutes, and then said goodbye: they were not going to go to Babuk-Aul, but to get up for the night somewhere earlier. And I ran ahead. The descent is really fun: in a short time you lose almost one and a half kilometers in height. Along the way, he also made a halt at the Kholodny spring. I went to Babuk-Aul at about seven in the evening. Very civilized shelter, there are toilets, showers, sheds and gazebos. To light the burner, he suffered for about twenty minutes. The lighter did not work after yesterday, and after today the matches were wet, despite the fact that they were in a tied bag. It was necessary to put them in a dry bag, but I thought that they would remain dry anyway. The second box of matches turned out to be a complete mess. As a result, I dismantled the lighter and somehow managed to achieve a spark in the piezoelectric mechanism. There is still no telephone connection. And in general, she was nowhere on the route, although the Internet claimed the opposite. I think the weather is to blame, it should be on clear days.

Fun descent.

Transition: 18 km;

Total climb / drop height: 473 / 649 m.

The alarm clock rang at 7 with the expectation of leaving at 8:30. It was overcast all night with occasional drizzle. The tent is damp in the morning. I made a little mistake with the distance that had to be covered that day. The official description stated 7 km to the checkpoint "Beliy Creek". And he seems to be on the outskirts of Solokh-Aul. So I decided to leave at 8:30 in order to be able to catch the bus at 10:35 with a margin. Most of the people who spent the night at the shelter ordered transport from the staff of the reserve to take them, fortunately, there is a road. The road is quite boring, went quickly. At the checkpoint, for the first time during this trip, tickets to the reserve were checked. After the checkpoint, Solokh-Aul did not appear for a suspiciously long time, he decided to look into the navigator. And then there was a surprise: it turns out that there are two White streams, one at the checkpoint, and the other in Solokh-Aul, and there are more than 10 km between them :) Well, I didn’t study this part of the route very carefully, and she immediately punished me for it. However, there was no problem as such. Well, I'll catch the next bus at 11:50, no big deal. Arrived just a few minutes before departure. At the bus stop I met a whole crowd of tourists who were taken away from Babuk-Aul here in cars in the morning.

This was the end of this mini-hike through the Caucasian Reserve. Then I went to Sochi, spent the night in a hostel, and the next day I went by train to Vladikavkaz, because there I have another trip to North Ossetia, only now with a group. There will be a separate story about him.

Well, I really enjoyed this trip. Fisht-Oshten massif is a very cool place. Separately, I am pleased with the successful ascent of Fisht, the most vivid impression from the hike. The routes here are designed for beginners, it is impossible to get lost, and the transitions are quite simple and short. In general, the place is very popular. At least a hundred people lived at the Fisht shelter on both days. With the weather, of course, not very lucky. Every day some kind of storm came up, wetted me to the skin, as a result, there were no dry things left :) There is still very high humidity here, so everything didn’t have time to dry in between rains. In general, there is still where to take a walk, you can safely return.

More photos from the trip

We invite you to make climbing Fisht(2867 m, category 1 B). This is a classic climbing ascent of the initial level of difficulty. Mount Fisht is located in the Western Caucasus in Adygea, our path to it will pass along the famous 30th tourist route of the USSR. The best time to climb Fisht is the second half of summer and the beginning of autumn, when the glacier is open from snow, and all cracks are clearly visible on it. We will cover the entire route on our feet, there are no elements of difficult climbing. At the end of the hike from the glacier zone, passing through Caucasian Range, we will come to the subtropics on the Black Sea coast.

Several stages of ascents will give us multi-level emotions. Join the hike!

The instructor has the right to prevent participants who are not ready for this from climbing at his own discretion! Please note that we have in the schedule an easier program of the Thirty WITHOUT climbing Fisht

1 day. Krasnodar - Fisht Shelter

The group gathers near the railway station Krasnodar-1 early in the morning. Transfer to the Republic of Adygea. Trekking from the starting point of our hike - Yavorova Polyana - to the Fisht tourist shelter, where our base camp will be.

Distance - 10 km

Day 2 Small Fishtinsky glacier

We will make an acclimatization walk to the Small Fishtinsky glacier. Upon returning to the camp, we rest, prepare for the ascent to Fisht.

Kilometer - 7 km

Day 3 Climbing Mount Fisht (2867 m)

Today we will climb Mount Fisht through the Big Fishtinsky Glacier. Difficult, interesting and very exciting adventure!

Distance - 14 km

Day 4 Oshten (2804 m)

Radial ascent to Mount Oshten (2804 m.a.s.l.). Incredible panoramas, unforgettable kilometers.

Distance - 12 km

Day 5 Babuk-Aul

We remove our camp and move to the Babuk-Aul shelter. Backpacks are no longer so heavy, because a good part of the provisions will have already been eaten. A pleasant day entirely dedicated to trekking.

Distance - 21 km

Day 6 Sochi (Dagomys)

Today, palm trees, the sea and the continuation of your independent vacation are waiting for us! From the shelter of Babuk-Aul we will get to the village of Solokh-Aul. From there to public transport- in Dagomys (Sochi).

Distance - 20 km

Additional information:

• This is a complete hiking. We carry tents, food and other equipment in backpacks.
• Depending on the weather, the condition of the group, the instructor may make changes to the route!
• Payment in cash on the first day of the trip to the instructor. In case of early departure from the route without a good reason (illness, injury), the money is not returned!
• Group size - from 6 to 12 participants.
• Landscaping of the camp (setting up tents, cooking) is carried out by all participants of the campaign.

Tour cost: 11000 rub

Mount Fisht (2868m), together with the peaks of Oshten (2804m) and Pshekha-Su (2743m), forms the Fisht-Oshten massif. The peaks of the massif are the first in the Caucasus, if you move from west to east, alpine-type peaks, rising much higher than the upper border of the forest, having a wide belt of subalpine and alpine mountain meadows. The river Pshekha originates from the slopes of Fisht, at the peaks of Fisht and Oshten there is the source of the Belaya River, downstream of the Pshekha River, which receives water, and flows into the Kuban River.
Many years ago in place of these amazing beautiful mountains was the bottom of the ancient ocean Tethys, and Fisht himself and his neighbors were coral islands. This is evidenced by a diverse fauna, carefully sealed by nature in rocks in the form of a huge number of fossils.

Mount Oshten has five peaks and is one of the safest and most accessible peaks in the Western Caucasus. We will climb main summit mountains (2804m). There are no glaciers on Oshten, but snow can lie all year round. From different sides, the mountain has a relief of different steepness and composition, which gives it incredible beauty and grandeur. The slopes of Oshten are located in the zone of alpine meadows, and the top is rocky. The mountain is made of limestone, so sometimes it is called Snow White. Climbing Oshten is a great start for beginners who dream of moving from easy routes to more serious ones.

Climbing Oshten is not particularly difficult, it is an ordinary trekking route that anyone can do.

Mount Fisht is the westernmost peak of the Caucasus, which has glaciers on its slopes. There is a relic Big Fishtinsky glacier with a bluish surface, which is framed by scarlet limestone rocks. The top of Fisht is crowned with sheer cliffs, and on the slopes there is a unique rare vegetation, rivers and streams with waterfalls. Fisht translated from Adyghe - "white head". The mountain really looks like a wise old man, the keeper of many secrets and mysteries.

We will go to the top of Mount Fisht along the classic route, which has a category of difficulty 1B. Since there are easy rocky sections on the route, climbing this mountain requires some preparation (you can get it by participating in our training trips to Polushkino, Dyuki, Vorgol). The route passes among the rocks and along the glacier, so we will need: a helmet, crampons, a harness, a carabiner and an ice ax.

Climbing Mount Fisht is not just enjoying the beauty of the surrounding nature, it is a chance to test yourself, test your fortitude and take the first significant step into the world of mountaineering.

The Krasnodar club of climbers "Aspiration" invites everyone to climb the top of Mount Fisht - the highest point of the Lago-Naki plateau and the entire Western Caucasus.

Weekend climb through two passes along the unique highlands of Lago-Naki to the top of Fisht (“White Head” - Adyghe) along the westernmost glacier of the Caucasus. The highland is included in the list of monuments of the World natural heritage UNESCO.
This is one of the most beautiful and famous peaks of the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea. In clear weather it is visible from Krasnodar, Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Sochi, Timashevsk, Armavir. Altitude 2868 m - highest point Lagonaki highlands. Fisht is translated from Adyghe as "white head". The southern and western walls of the mountain reach 500 - 700 meters in height, on the northern slope lies the Big Fishtinsky glacier (length 1.2 km), on the eastern slope - the Small Fishtinsky glacier, descending to 1980 m above sea level. Together with the glacier on Mount Pshekho-Su, the Fishtin glaciers are the westernmost in the Caucasus. In the northern part of the western wall of Mount Fisht there is a depression - the mouth step of the hanging valley. The Vodopadisty Creek falls from this step in a majestic waterfall (158 m high). There are many caves on Fisht with significant depths: Cross-Tourist (650 m), Soaring Bird (535 m), Olga (520 m), Anglo-Russian and others.

The date: June 2-4, 2016
Place: Republic of Adygea, Russia, Maikop region, Lago-Naki plateau.
Members: Everyone is welcome to come out!
Availability: you need to have an average physical fitness.
Departure (from the Stremlenie club): June 2 07-00
Return (indicative): June 4 22-00
Price: 7000 rub.
Cost for members of the Striving Club: 6000 rub.

Included in the price:

• ecological fee for being in the reserve (3 days);
• food;
• burner, gas and collective utensils for cooking;
• the work of the instructor;
• collective equipment for climbing.

NOT included in the price:

• transfer Krasnodar - Yarovaya Polyana - Krasnodar (We set off in our own cars, the crews are formed as the group is recruited);
• personal equipment.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT (can be rented on the recommendation of the instructor):

• trekking or climbing boots;
• safety arbor and 2 coupled carabiners;
• ice ax;
• cats;
• helmet;
• sleeping bag with a comfort temperature of minus 5-8 degrees C;
• wind and moisture protective suit made of a membrane or similar material;
• polar jacket or wool sweater;
• polar or wool trousers;
• thermal underwear and hat;
• trekking/ski/bordeaux socks;
• backpack for equipment with a volume of 65-90 liters;
• light thermos or plastic bottle (1 liter);
• ski or trekking poles;
• electric flashlight (preferably headlamp);
• sunscreen with a protection factor of at least 20 and hygienic lipstick;
• mat;
• tent (one for 2-4 people).

PROGRAM:

Day 1 (Friday)
Transfer Krasnodar - Yarovaya Polyana (1800 m). On the way - in the village. Guzeripl registration of passes to the reserve. Meeting at Yarovaya Polyana at 13.00
Hiking along the trail through the protected beech forest and then along the trail among alpine meadows through the Guzeripl and Armenian passes (1868 m). Descent from the pass to the Fisht shelter on the bank of the Belaya River. Setting up a campground. Dinner. Evening photo session.