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A little north of the village of Maly Mayak is the highest limestone outlier of the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains Paragilmen. Its walls are so impregnable that climbing at first seems impossible. But there are routes here too.

The mountain still lures travelers from afar with its slopes, curly with an abundance of vegetation, promising to give the daredevils a delicious treat from a mixture of fresh cool air and the aromas of numerous trees and shrubs.

"Paraginome" is a Greek word that translates as "going beyond something." And the object we are considering, indeed, left its family nest - the Main Ridge, breaking away from it in antiquity, during the formation of the relief.

Peculiarities

Paragilmen is shaped like a trapezoid. This giant stretched for half a kilometer from north to south and rushed up almost 900 meters, appearing in front of the heavenly kingdom as a flat platform. It is part of Babugan-Yaila and passes through itself the route to the highest point of Crimea - Roman-Kosh.

wonderful vegetable world mountains: almost thirty species of trees inhabit its sides and top. About 10 are listed in the Red Book. Junipers predominate, there are some endemics. The special pride of this place are two yew trees on top. They may well be considered one of the oldest trees of the entire peninsula, as evidenced by their size. The larger one is about 70 centimeters in diameter and about 8 meters in the span of the branches.

The steep slopes are very attractive for climbers and climbers. Athletes from Alushta and many other cities and even countries come here for rallies and competitions. Trails of varying difficulty gather pros and beginners.

An old tale translates the name of the mountain as "Follow the money." Unusual, but it has its own rationale.

There once lived a certain Sufrakis in Lambada. His fellow villagers called him Crooked because he had one leg longer than the other, and his gait betrayed such zigzags that it was impossible to understand where he finally wanted to go.

And one day a disaster happened in the district: the inhabitants learned that soon the pirates would attack them. Then they gathered their goods and hurried to take refuge on the mountain. Crooked Sufrakis himself carried the egg-pod to a secluded place on the top and buried it. The robbers burned the entire settlement, but they did not find the hidden one and promised to return.

And so, after more than one decade, when peace was established in Lambada, the old man Sufrakis exclaimed: “Paragilmen (follow the money)!”, And sent three sons for the treasure, indicating its “exact” location, because he personally counted from the huge yew so many steps to the west, and then the same number of steps to the north. But the unfortunate man forgot that he was not stepping in the direction in which he wanted to. The poor fellows dug up the entire mountain, but did not find the treasured wealth.

How to get there

To get to the treasures, most often they choose the path from the Alushta-Yalta highway. You need to get off in front of the bridge and go up the asphalt road, turn right and walk along the pipeline to another route. Nearby there is a pointer, which will lead to the top.

Height - 871 m.

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Paragilmen- This is one of the largest Yaylin outcasts of the Southshore (857 m). The name of the mountain comes from the Greek "paragynome" - "to go beyond something."

The mountain is clearly visible from the trolleybus track against the background of Babugan-yayla near the village of Maly Mayak. From the side of the sea, it looks like a large trapezoid; it has steep slopes, up to 60–80°, and a flattened top, elongated from south to north for almost half a kilometer.

The mountain is composed of Upper Jurassic marbled limestones (sometimes conglomerates), which makes it related to the Yaylin massif of Babugan-Yayly (with the highest point of Crimea - Mount Roman-kosh, 1545 m), from which it was torn away, moving down the slope in the Quaternary. In the small space of Mount Paragilmen, as in a natural-ecological museum, one can see and understand the picture of the formation of various forms of relief: rocks, karst formations inherited from the yayla, deep crevices and placers of pebbles from layers of natural concrete - conglomerate.

The southern slopes of Paragilmen are rocky, like alpine walls. Here you can find high juniper, very old specimens of European yew and very rare endemics of the Crimea. On a patch of the upper plateau, a grove of old, with half a meter thick trunks, pear trees is well preserved. Its pubescent silvery leaves on a hot summer day resemble a flowering crown. Many species of Paragilmen flora are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine.

Paragilmen has been a natural monument since 1964. In 1979, a reserve of medicinal plants was organized on Mount Paragilmen and the adjacent area of ​​the beech forest, ten species of which are listed in the Red Books.

An ancient pack trail leads through Paragilmen, along which the popular route of climbing the Roman-kosh mountain (1545 m) - highest point Crimea. The dirt road from the trolleybus route starts at the village. Grape.

There are many legends about Paragilmen. Cinematographers filmed romantic scenes for adventure films such as "Hearts of Three" here.

Attractions

The most interesting attraction of Paragilmen is two large yews nestled in a deep crevice on top. The thickness of the trunk of one of them is about 70 cm, and the mighty branches spread out to the sides by 7–8 meters. This giant yew is not inferior in age to its thousand-year-old counterpart on Ai-Petri.

Rock climbing

On Mount Paragilmen, climbing routes of various categories of complexity have been laid: Paragilmen Peak includes three arrays that are unlike each other. The western (left)  -  is a heavily destroyed massif overgrown with trees. Only its extreme right part is relatively monolithic. Here, along a pronounced buttress, the route of the 1st category of complexity passes. The central wall is bordered on both sides by two huge internal corners-couloirs. It has at least 4 routes, from the 2nd to the 4th category of difficulty. The right array is very diverse: there are vertical walls, and walls entwined with ivy, local monolithic overhangs, and shelves strewn with stones. The length of the routes is about 250 m.

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CRIMEAN ROUTES. PARAGELMEN

Driving once again to Foros, I promised myself to return to Paragelmen, where I went in 1991 the first Crimean route. And now I'm starting a series of articles with him.

The development of the massif began in the 60s, as evidenced by wooden wedges (!) And hooks from steel angles 50x50. In the 80s and at the very beginning of the 90s, this place was popular among beginner climbers: many of my friends climbed the first deuces, triples here. Now the popularity of this mountain (as well as the Falcon) among climbers has fallen somewhat. The reason for this is in some “hothouse” two-fours of F. Kant, Mshatka, Chelebi, where the stations are almost always on trees, and the hooks are in bad taste.
But it is worth visiting Paragelmen - firstly: the originality of the nature of this corner of the Crimea, due to its proximity to Roman-Kosh; secondly: there are fewer traces of a person (that is, banal garbage) than on Foros; thirdly: the neforos structure of the rocks, the steepness, the short length of the routes will significantly diversify your techniques.

How to get there, where to live?

You can get to Paragelmen from Simferopol by trolleybus or bus, next to Yalta, the stop "Small Mayak" is the first after Alushta. Further from the highway, go up to the right for about an hour in the direction of the wall. At the beginning, go through several houses, cross the road and, finding a green water pipe, move along it through a forest with small lavender fields. You can stop at the parking lot above or below the upper road. From it to the beginning of the routes 15 - 20 minutes. Water can be taken below the upper road from a cut in the pipe. For lovers of comfort: you can also live in the village below the Simferopol-Yalta highway, then the approaches will increase somewhat, but they are compensated by the presence of shops, summer eateries, etc.
In addition to climbers, the area is famous for paragliders, and earlier, in the late 80s, there were competitions of all-Union level rock climbers.

Technical specifications:

The right array is very diverse: there are vertical walls, and walls entwined with ivy, local monolithic overhangs, and shelves strewn with stones. Therefore, there are no full-fledged routes there (if I'm wrong, correct me). It is this part of the array that is an ideal testing ground for those who want to try themselves as a pioneer, but before doing this, evaluate your strengths again.

The descent from the top - to the east along the path takes 20 - 25 minutes to the upper road.

Route 1
1B, II

In my opinion, the easiest route of the Crimea is category 1B, very pleasant and friendly. Ideal for the first independent sports climb in small mountains. The route passes along the right edge and the buttress of the left Paragelmen massif, to the left of a huge fault - the couloir.

From the upper road, approach towards the buttress, first along the path, then along uncategorized rocks (10-15 minutes). Further, in bundles, up 200-250 meters along simple and medium-difficulty rocks, belay through ledges, trees, hooks. The last 50m is a bit harder than the previous sections (II). It is necessary, taking to the right, along the slabs and crevices to approach a tree with a sign, then along simple rocks 10-15 meters out to the yayla.

There are a lot of trees and old hooks on the route, which is not only a guide for movement, but also simplifies the organization of belay points.

Passing time: 2-3 hours.

Equipment: a set of bookmarks, 5 quickdraws, tree loops for organizing stations.

Route 2
2A, III, A1

The route starts to the right of the couloir fault from a tree with a cable loop (starting point) and passes along the left buttress of the central massif (SW kf).

From the tree on the right side of the ridge climb 30 m along the rocks of medium difficulty (III) to the wall with a difficult gap (the key of the route). The gap is passed using AID (long wedges, 3m, A1), then along the wall 5 m to the cable loop - R1.

Then go under the cornice, pass it to the right and enter the inner corner (II). The station is higher on a shelf with a cable loop. From R2 along the buttress 100-150 meters up the simple rocks (II-), keeping to the left side, up to the summit. From it, through the failure (insurance,!!!) 50-70m to the yayla.

Passing time: 2-4 hours

Equipment: bookmarks, 5-8 quickdraws, some groups hit hooks.

Route 3
3B, V, A1

One of the strongest “troikas” of Crimea. In terms of sensations, it is equivalent to “Chelebi Fireplace”. The route is broken often, but it does not add safety: the hooks are old (20-30 years old), not always in reliable cracks, there are even wooden wedges.

So, the route passes to the left of the center of the wall with access to the summit tower along the SW buttress. The beginning is the left of the 2-3 slots in the center of the wall. Section R1 leads to a ledge with a bolt. From R1 - along the break (IV-), bypassing the overhang on the left, go to a difficult wall. Vertically up the wall (10 m, 85°, V-) to a narrow ledge with two “marks” - R2. Then go 5 m under the overhang, pass it along the crack (5 m, 95°, V+A1) and along the spall (80°, IV+) exit after 15 m to a narrow uncomfortable ledge under the vertical fireplace. Hooks (!!!) may be required to organize reliable insurance.

Up a difficult narrow fireplace 15-20 m up (first move without a backpack), then go to it left (!!!) the wall and along the rocks of medium difficulty 15-20 m up. Sections R2, R3 contain many old hooks, some of them in very poor condition.

Our walkthrough: September 30, 1995; 3 hours.
Equipment: friends (recommended), a set of bookmarks, quickdraws (6-10 pcs.), a sling for blocking hooks, hooks + hammer are recommended. A set of bookmarks and friends, 6 quickdraws were enough for us, but this is not an indicator - we really wanted petal hooks for organizing R3.

Known variants:

from R1 along the spall upwards, bypassing the overhang on the right. The station is probably in the inner corner. Further, moving along very difficult (visually, not less than V-V +), vertical rocks up and to the left, an approach to the fireplace is possible - R3.

We did not use this option, but there are memories of the existence of this from Maxim Robuk (Kharkov-Krivoy Rog), dating back to 92-93 and a ladder taken from there.

His condition and the possibility of organizing insurance are unknown to us now.

Mountain Lake this is the name of a small reservoir, for watering vineyards among many generations of Alushta tourists. Like dozens of others, it was created by blocking several mountain beams with springs in the 1960s. Since it has long been a venue for tourist rallies and competitions for all schools in Big Alushta, such a simple name has been assigned to it. In the 1970s, All-Union tourist routes ran here, as well as routes for teenagers (high school students) of seasonal tent camps and the Karabakh tourist center. In modern local history literature, it is called either the mountain lake Kastel, or the mountain lake Paragilmen. Of course, it does not have a historical Turkic or Greek name. It was created relatively recently. Officially, somewhere in the annals of the Massandra wine association, this is a reservoir number such and such.
Like any place with springs and meadows, since ancient times it has been an important transport hub for "donkeys" - mountain paths along which goods were transported on pack horses and donkeys since the time of the Taurians. The main routes are the most convenient trail for climbing the highest point of the Crimean Mountains directly from the Black Sea coast. And across it, at the foot of the Yayla cliffs, there are many gentle forest roads from Alushta and Izobilny (Korbek) to the place Zaprudnoye (Degermenkoy), famous for its Yalta bow, by the way, there are several more reservoirs in the vicinity, the most beautiful of them is Turquoise Lake. But it can only be reached by jeep. But the Mountain Lake is accessible even to unprepared tourists.
How to find and reach
Mount Kastel (it is domed, made of igneous rocks and resembles the famous Ayudag) to the east of Alushta, flaunts below the trolleybus to Yalta, and a little further, against the background of the sky, a large Yaylin outcast rises along the way - mountain Paragilmen. One of its ledges is Kush-kaya (Bird Rock, almost all ancient settlements of Crimea have such ritual places), mountain excursions are led to it, even for first-graders.
Paragilmen is a wooded mountain, 2 km north of the village of Maly Mayak, Bolshaya Alushta. The name of the mountain comes from the Greek "paragynome" - "to go beyond something." In modern tourist folklore - "Money mountain" (or rock), it's hard to say in what language)).
Paragilmen is the highest limestone outlier of the Main Ridge, 871 m above sea level. From the sea, this mountain looks like a great trapezoid; it has steep slopes up to 60-80° and a flattened top, stretched from south to north for almost half a kilometer. About 30 species of trees and shrubs grow on Paragilmen, 10 of them are listed in the Red Book.
The attraction of Paragilmen are two large yew trees on the top of the mountain. The diameter of the trunk of one of them is about 70 centimeters, and the mighty branches spread out to the sides by 7-8 meters. This giant yew is probably one of the oldest trees in the Crimea.
Paragilmen has been a natural monument since 1964.
An ancient pack trail leads through this mountain, along which one of the most popular routes for climbing Mt. Roman-kosh(1525 m), the highest point of the Crimea. The dirt road from the trolleybus route starts at the stop village Vinogradnoe.
The village itself, or rather the estate scattered over relatively flat sections of the slope, is located along the old south coast highway. This is another option for lovers of hiking and cycling along the old mountain serpentines. Find on the map an asphalt road that starts in Alushta near the Krymskie Zori hotel and the Alushtinsky sanatorium. Then this old road crosses the trolleybus track at the monument to partisans and soldiers of the Great Patriotic War and, in smooth bends, deepens into the forest on the mountain slopes. On this road, after all the houses in the village of Vinogradnoe, go to a dirt road that leads from the Vinogradnoe stop up into the mountains. This will be the trail to Roman-kosh.
From here, tourists go on foot, horseback, mountain bikes or jeeps. But most of them, especially the locals, prefer to relax by the picturesque Mountain Lake, the mirror of which reflects the light cliffs of Yayla and the dark green of majestic pines. There are many species of trees, shrubs, including fruit, medicinal herbs and mushrooms. Huge rounded boulders resemble the impact of glaciers in northern Europe, however, the ancient glaciation of the Crimean mountains has not been proven, and the pebbles of Mount Paragilmen are also a mystery.

Tourists of Big Alushta hold their traditional rallies and competitions here, and filmmakers filmed romantic scenes for adventure films here, for example, “Hearts of Three”.
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