- Shkhelda Zapadnaya — Shkhelda Vtoraya Zapadnaya (route is combined, O. Aristova, category 3B, fig. 32, 41). From Shkhelda Zapadnaya (point 290) descend to the saddle along the easy-to-pass, but destroyed Eastern ridge. Then, move along the easy-to-pass jagged ridge, overcoming gendarmes head-on (“live” rocks, belay), reach the saddle below the Western ridge of Shkhelda Vtoraya Zapadnaya. 1.5–2 hours from Shkhelda Zapadnaya peak.
From the saddle, ascend along the easy-to-pass rocks of the Western ridge, overcoming gendarmes head-on, and move to the rocks of medium difficulty below the rocky ascent. Traverse the ascent from the right (rocks) along a steep ice-and-snow slope. Then, move along the couloir and exit above it to the Western ridge. Follow the easy-to-pass snow-covered rocky Western ridge to the summit of Shkhelda Vtoraya Zapadnaya. 3–4 hours from the saddle.
Fig. 41. Shkhelda from the south