- Fytiargin from the south via the Western ridge couloir (combined route, V. Laperashvili, 3A category of difficulty, fig. 5, 8). From the plateau (checkpoint 37) upwards - to the right under the left side of the wide snow-ice slope - the couloir descending from the Western ridge of Fytiargin. Further, having avoided numerous crevasses of the lower ice rise on the left, ascend 200-300 m on the left side of the gentle slope of the plateau. Having overcome the bergschrund, on the left side of the steep wide snow-ice couloir, keeping to the rocks of the Southern counterfort of the Western ridge (stones fall from the summit tower on the right), 300-350 m upwards (avalanches, steepens at the top) to the saddle of the Western ridge. Further, checkpoint 51. From the plateau 3-5 hours.
Fig. 8.