Ascent Passport

1. Class of technical (winter) ascents.
2. Central Caucasus, Shkhelda gorge.
3. Shkhelda Second Western (4310 m), via the northern wall "The Night Before Christmas".
4. Proposed category: 5B difficulty level, first ascent.
5. Elevation gain: 1500 m (by altimeter), length — 2400 m. Length of 5th category difficulty sections — 800 m. Length of 6th category difficulty sections — 50 m. Average steepness of the route — 50°, main part — 65°.
6. Pitons hammered: rock — 12, friends — 15, ice screws — 65. Left on the route: rock pitons — 2.
7. Team's travel hours: 23 hours and 2.5 days.
8. Overnights: 1st in a tent on a snowy ridge, 2nd in a tent under a rock outcropping, sitting.
9. Climbing pair: Yuri Koshelenko — Master of Sports of Russia; Viktor Bobok — Candidate Master of Sports.
10. Coach: Self-guided.
11. Approach to the route — January 5, summit — January 7, return to Elbrus Mountain Centre — January 8.
12. Project "Open Caucasus".

Second Western

Wall Profile