Caucasus climbing
- Caucasus Russia
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Ascent of Mount Elbrus
- Ascent of Mount Kazbek
- Dykh Tau
- Shkhara
- Mount Koshtan Tau
- Mount Bzhedukh
- Climbing Erydag-Bazarduzu
- Mount Bazarduzu - Dagestan, Russia
- Mount Erydag - Dagestan, Russia
- Adyl su mountain course
- Mount Khalatsa
- Peak MNR
- Irik Chat alpine course
- 4x4 tour in Georgia and Armenia
Elbrus traverse west - east
AlexClimb School's MCS Mountaineering Expedition Schedule (Mount Elbrus Traverse from West to East with Acclimatization on Mount Kazbek) 2026
Mountaineering, Advanced Level
Mount Elbrus Traverse from West to East with Acclimatization on Mount Kazbek
Day 1 - Meeting in Tbilisi, overnight at the hotel
Day 2 - Transfer to the start of the Mount Kazbek route, hiking to 3200 m (10,500 ft), setting up the bivouac, overnight in tents
Day 3 - Acclimatization, hike to 4000 m (13,200 ft), descent to the bivouac, overnight in tents
Day 4 - Mount Kazbek summit attempt, descent to the bivouac, rest, overnight in tents
Day 5 - Spare day, overnight in the tents
Day 6 - Crossing the Russian border at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint, overnight at the hotel in Nalchik
Day 7 - Transfer to the beginning of the Mount Elbrus route from the west, overnight in tents at the 2200 m camp
Day 8 - Hike to the bivouac 3,300 m (10,900 ft), overnight in tents
Day 9 - Hike to the bivouac 3,900 m (13,000 ft), overnight in tents
Day 10 - Climb to the bivouac 4,600 m (15,100 ft), overnight in tents
Day 11 - Ascent to West Elbrus 5642 m (18,510 ft), descent to the Saddle 5380 m (17,650 ft), ascent to East Elbrus 5621 m (18,500 ft), descent to the bivouac at 4,300 m (14,000 ft)
Day 12 - Spare Day, overnight in tents
Day 13 - Descent to the Baksan Valley, overnight at the hotel
Day 14 - Transfer to Mineralnye Vody Airport
Program Schedule
AlexClimb School's MCS Mountaineering Expedition Schedule (Mount Elbrus Traverse from West to East with Acclimatization on Mount Kazbek) 2026
Mountaineering, Advanced Level
Mount Elbrus Traverse from West to East with Acclimatization on Mount Kazbek
Day 1 - Meeting in Tbilisi, overnight at the hotel
Day 2 - Transfer to the start of the Mount Kazbek route, hiking to 3200 m (10,500 ft), setting up the bivouac, overnight in tents
Day 3 - Acclimatization, hike to 4000 m (13,200 ft), descent to the bivouac, overnight in tents
Day 4 - Mount Kazbek summit attempt, descent to the bivouac, rest, overnight in tents
Day 5 - Spare day, overnight in the tents
Day 6 - Crossing the Russian border at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint, overnight at the hotel in Nalchik
Day 7 - Transfer to the beginning of the Mount Elbrus route from the west, overnight in tents at the 2200 m camp
Day 8 - Hike to the bivouac 3,300 m (10,900 ft), overnight in tents
Day 9 - Hike to the bivouac 3,900 m (13,000 ft), overnight in tents
Day 10 - Climb to the bivouac 4,600 m (15,100 ft), overnight in tents
Day 11 - Ascent to West Elbrus 5642 m (18,510 ft), descent to the Saddle 5380 m (17,650 ft), ascent to East Elbrus 5621 m (18,500 ft), descent to the bivouac at 4,300 m (14,000 ft)
Day 12 - Spare Day, overnight in tents
Day 13 - Descent to the Baksan Valley, overnight at the hotel
Day 14 - Transfer to Mineralnye Vody Airport
Prices and conditions
The price of the "Mount Elbrus traverse from west to east" 2026:
2250 Euro* - mini-group 4 participants
* price per person
You have to be ready for:
- 12 days of camping life in the field conditions;
- Cooking your meals by yourself while climbing mountains;
- Carrying a 25-27 kg backpack;
- Air temperature can be down to -10°C on the altitude higher than 3000 m;
Conditions: mandatory acclimatization module
The price includes: Professional mountain guide services, rent of the communal equipment (tents, ropes, belaying and navigation equipment, cooking gear), hotel accommodation, all the transfers alon, using the communal basic medical kit, local registering and climbing permits, food for outdoor part of the program.
The price does not include: Russian visa charges*, International and domestic flight expenses to the beginning of the program (Tbilisi TBS) and from its end (Mineralnye Vody MRV), obligatory climbing insurance, personal equipment rent, food and drinks while being in cities.
Our Principles
AlexClimb Rule #1 - Safety First
From the very beginning of our activity, here nearly 16 years, the first Principle of work of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb is the Safety Priority. On the basis of this Principle all process of training is based, all programs and rounds are developed and carried out only within this main principle. We consider that at professional approach to development of programs, at personal discipline and correctly put motivation - occupations by mountaineering and rock-climbing are COMPLETELY safe. And from the return - all troubles and accidents in our sport come from nonprofessionalism, from ignorance or neglect by elementary standards of safety, from irrational motivation, from revaluation of own forces and opportunities. All these prerequisites we COMPLETELY EXCLUDE in our work - ours Rock-climbing, Ice climbing and Mountaineering are based on one Principle - the Safety Priority. In rock-climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing, the Priority of Safety of MCS AlexClimb-is your personal security and comfort irrespective of, than we are engaged - we train muscles and we work technology of the movement in the sports hall and on the rock climbing wall, we make the way through snowstorm to top or we relax on golden sand of the Caribbean beach after hot day of trainings on rocks. The Safety priority - the main credo of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb.
AlexClimb Rule #2 - Leave No Trace
Closely interacting with Nature, working with the active programs in mountains, woods, lakes and rivers, we perfectly understand the importance of carefull and respectfull bahavior towards the Nature, for its resources. From the very beginning of our outdoor-activity we adopted rules of Leave No Trace technique - the standard of behavior of the person accepted in all the civilized world in relation to environment and especially - to the wild nature. After all on the relation of people to the nature near which they exist, itself can draw dalekoidushchy conclusions on the relation of these people to... Where and as we didn't travel - we don't reserve any garbage, we try to reduce whenever possible our influence on environment to a minimum. We clear earlier zagryazyonny tourist parking of the left garbage, we take out and we take out to utilization places that to us other people left there. We consider that only thus, at personal individual consciousness of each citizen, each tourist, climber or autotraveller, we will be able to keep the nature surrounding us in its state, natural, suitable for life, - in it pledge of the healthy future for ourselves and our children.
